24th November - CMM Workshop "Challenges In Embedded Systems Design"

Advanced Learning and Research Institute (ALaRI, www.alari.ch) of
Università della Svizzera italiana (www.usi.ch) invites you to participate to:

CMM - (Comes Multicube Madness)
CHALLENGES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN:
INVOLVEMENT OF SMEs IN DESIGNING COMPLEX SYSTEMS
24 November, 2010
Università della svizzera italiana
via Giuseppe Buffi, 13
CH-6900, Lugano, Switzerland

 Information

For many applications, complexity of embedded systems has been steadily increasing in the past ten years, leading to new challenges when designing hardware and software. Innovative methodologies for reaching optimal solutions have been proposed: compared to the &ldquo monolithic &rdquo design tool-chain traditionally offered by the big EDA providers, flexible frameworks appear to offer attractive possibilities, in particular for the SMEs that increasingly face the design challenge. In fact, two aspects deserve discussing:

• How can SMEs fit as providers of tools in the new design environment? Under what conditions could their offer be meaningful and successful?
• As Embedded Systems designers, SMEs face a number of constraints - from cost to design time to strict customer requirements - that a-priori limit their design freedom. How is it possible to meet such constraints and yet propose innovation and optimization?

Some recent (or on-going) EU projects dealing with design of complex embedded systems have involved SMEs as active partners: Workshop speakers will discuss their experiences and outline future lines of evolution. An initial Round-Table presentation will be followed by interventions and discussion open to all participants.