Why has the VLSI Design Conference added the Embedded Systems track?
Mehendale: The embedded systems track was added in recognition of the trend that no electronic product is complete without the embedded software running on the underlying silicon platform. Increasingly the embedded software and system-level considerations drive the silicon development right from the product definition phase through all aspects of the design—including functionality, performance and power dissipation, and is also central to the pre-silicon SoC verification. In some sense, SoCs today are really becoming “Software-on-Chip.” What major trends does the embedded systems conference aim to address? Mehendale: The embedded systems conference is integrated with the VLSI design conference, so instead of having a parallel track/conference, we have embedded systems related topics covered as part of the conference technical programme. These include paper sessions on “efficient system modelling and design”, “application specific architectures”, “scheduling and operating systems” and “
