Abstract:

The nature of embedded computing is rapidly changing as devices become more intelligent, connected and rich in capability. In this talk, I will describe some key research challenges and opportunities in embedded computing in the areas of power/performance, programmability, architecture and applications. On one hand, the talk will describe the architectural challenges in achieving power/performance and programmability in small form factors. I will touch upon accelerators, cores and other hardware/software support for future embedded computing architectures.  On the other hand, the talk will also discuss the growing capabilities of the devices in running future applications and algorithms in a connected world. Here, I will touch upon how the workloads for these embedded devices are changing rapidly and show what implications they have on the device architectures as well as end-to-end solutions.

Bio:

Ravi Iyer is a Senior Principal Engineer in Intel Labs and leads the SoC Platform Architecture research group. He conducts research on future heterogeneous SoC and CMP architectures, innovative cache/memory hierarchies, accelerator design, interconnect fabrics, emerging workload analysis, novel devices, and power/performance evaluation. Ravi is also the managing sponsor for two Intel research centers in academic (including the ISTC-EC). He has published 135+ papers and has 35+ patent applications. He frequently participates in journals, conferences and workshops. He is currently an associate editor for ACM TACO. He recently served as the General Co-Chair for ISCA 2011 and the Program Co-Chair for ANCS 2010. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.