Abstract

Automated car adoption is turning vehicles into super-computers on wheels while making automotive semiconductors the fastest growing market segment today. However, automotive SoCs have special functional safety requirements in order to meet the ISO26262 functional safety standard. Being ISO26262 compliant is both a technical and regulatory requirement - in essence the table stakes for being in the automotive semiconductor business. This paper covers developments in resilient SoC interconnect technology needed to address functional safety in automotive SoCs. Different types of Interconnect resilience will be discussed and data presented.

Biography

K. Charles Janac is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arteris Inc.. Arteris has pioneered the market for use of Network on Chip (NoC) interconnect IP and Tools for on-chip communications in semiconductor chips. Arteris products are designed into some of the highest volume SoCs being delivered today by over 61 semiconductor companies.

Charlie has nearly 30 years of experience building technology companies. He started his technology career as employee number two of Cadence Design Systems (originally SDA Inc.), a publicly traded EDA software company. Subsequently, he served as President/CEO of HLD Systems, Smart Machines and Nanomix. Charlie also served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Infinity Capital, an early stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto, California.

Born in Prague, Czech Republic, he holds both a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Organic Chemistry from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Charlie, his wife Lydia, reside in Los Altos Hills, California.