Tom
Starnes
"Multi-core Processor Considerations in Modern Day
SOC Designs"
Mary A. Olsson
"What EDA and Chip Designers Don't Think About"
Daya Nadamuni
"The Crisis in Software Programming: How To Prepare
for Multi-core"
Gary Smith
"Alive and Well but Software Challenged"
Special Guest Speaker:
Tom
Starnes is Director of Processors at Objective Analysis
where he analyzes the vendors, products, and applications of embedded
microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSP),
core processors and processor intellectual property. Mr. Starnes
has been deeply embedded in the processor industry for 30 years,
serving as the Chief Analyst of processors at Gartner, following
17 years at Motorola (now Freescale) marketing numerous microprocessors
and DSPs when those were the chips to beat. Mr. Starnes has written
numerous articles and given untold presentations on processors,
has advised the largest semiconductor vendors as well as start-ups,
and has been widely quoted in the press.
