ACM-SIGDA

Embedded System Design

Multimedia Monograph Series, Volume 4

                                                        Based on presentations from the 36th DAC

                                                        New Orleans, Louisiana

                                                        June 1999

                                                        Edited by Massoud Pedram, University of Southern California

Table of Contents

 Preface

Embedded Systems Panel - HW and SW in Embedded SYstem Design: Loveboat, Shipwreck, or Ships Passing in the Night?

Based on Session 5 of the 36th DAC.

Chair: Kurt Keutzer. Organizers: Raul Camposano, Kurt Keutzer

• Chair’s Introductory Remarks by Kurt Keutzer

• Introductory Remarks by Panelists:

  • Jim Lansford – Intel Corporation

  • Alberto Sangiovani-Vincentelli – U.C. Berkeley, CA

  •  Joseph Fisher – Hewlett-Parker Laboratories, Cambridge, MA

  • Mike Kascowitz – Mentor Graphics

  • Raul Camposano – Synopsys, Inc. Mountain Views, CA

  •  Jerry L. Fiddler – Wind River Systems, Alameda, CA

•  Questions & Answers

Networked Consumer Applications

Based on Session 9 of the 36th DAC.

Chair: Asawaree Kalavade

Organizers: Raul Camposano, Asawaree   Kalavade

• Introduction by Asawaree Kalavade – Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ

• Distributed Application Development With Inferno by Ravi Sharma

• Embedded Application Design Using a Real-Time OS by David Stepner

• The JiniTM Architecture: Dynamic Services in a Flexible Network by Ken Arnold

•  Networking The Home-Wireless Technologies and Protocols by Victor Bahl.

NSoftware-Driven Architecture

Based on Session 14 of the 36th DAC.

Chair: Patrick Scaglia

Organizers: Patrick Scaglia, Jim Rowson

• Introduction by Patrick Scaglia

• Customized Instruction-Sets for Embedded Processors by Joseph A. Fisher

• System-Level Hardware/Software Trade-Offs by Samuel P. Harbison

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