Hardware/Software Co-design from a Software Perspective

Abstract:
EDA companies often address hardware/software co-design from a hardware point of view. ie, how can software developers run their software on this representation of a chip that was designed on our tools. This viewpoint often overlooks the real concerns of software developers. Today, since software is the fastest growing and the largest engineering content of a SoC/ASIC design, it is time for the EDA industry to understand the needs and concerns of the software industry. This panel attempts to address these needs and concerns.

The panel is organized by Paul McLellan, an EDA industry: guru, veteran, analyst and author. He has extensive experience in IC design, software development and system virtualization . In particular he was VP marketing at VaST (since acquired by Synopsys) and Virtutech (since acquired by Wind River/Intel). The panelists include software engineering managers who are responsible for SoC/ASIC software development at major corporations. After the panelists discuss their issues there is a 30 minutes audience questions and answers session.

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