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Speaker:

Sundari Mitra, Net Speed Systems

Title:

Redefining SoC Design : Architecture Synthesis Platform for Multi-Core SoC

Abstract:

As SoCs grow more complex, and as new fabrication processes explode the number of design rules, the risk of failure grows more likely and more costly. Cache coherency among numerous IP blocks is the latest wrinkle that complicates timing and design validation. Some companies have simply given up, and are either buying less-optimized embedded processors, or outsourcing their chip designs, which only shifts the risks.


The problem is that while back-end flows have benefitted enormously from automated tools for logic synthesis, intellectual-property (IP) integration, place-and-route floor planning, and silicon verification, the front-end flow has changed relatively little since the 1990s. Many chip architects still use an Excel spreadsheet to estimate design performance. This can lead to subtle problems that only show up late in the tape-out process, and it is not uncommon for first silicon to miss performance targets.


This talk will explore a new approach that automates much of the system-on-chip (SoC) front-end design to create a chip that is correct-by-construction chip and guaranteed to meet architectural requirements. Using an on-chip network interconnect strategy that use advanced networking algorithms it is possible to build SoCs that deadlock-free, cache coherent and have guaranteed quality of service.

Bio:

Sundari is co-founder and CEO of NetSpeed Systems. She brings more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor sector as an engineer, entrepreneur and senior executive. Sundari founded Prism Circuits, Inc. and served as its CEO from 2006 until its acquisition by MoSys in 2009. She then served as Executive VP Engineering at MoSys where she was responsible for its engineering operations and product development until 2011. Prior to starting Prism, Sundari served as a Director of Engineering at Sun Microsystems. Sundari holds a MSEE from the University of Illinois and a BSEE from Baroda University in India.



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