Fourth VTU-VSI-ISA Confluence Meeting

February 28, 2007

Main Auditorium, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

08.00 – 09:00 AM

Registration

09:00 – 09.30 AM

Inauguration

09.30 – 10.15 AM

Session I

Design for Manufacturability - Challenges to Design Methodology

Anuradha Srinivasan, Intel India

Chair: TBA

10.15 – 10.45 AM

Tea

10.45 – 11.30 AM

Session II

Multiprocessor Architectures for Embedded System-on-Chip Applications

Dr. C.P. Ravikumar, Texas Instruments India

Chair: TBA

11:30 – 12.15 PM

Session III

Synthesis of Digital systems

Madhav Chikodikar, Synplicity

Chair: TBA

12.15 – 01:00 PM

Session IV

High-speed Chip-to-chip Interfaces

Nisha P.K., Texas Instruments, India

Chair: TBA

 01.00 – 02.00 PM

Lunch

 02.00 – 02.45 PM

Session V

Handheld Digital Video Broadcasting and Mobile T V

Arun Pradeep, NXP Semiconductors India

Chair: TBA

02.45 – 3.30 PM

Session VI

Timing Analysis techniques in FPGA

Razak Mohammed Ali, Altera Semiconductor India

Chair: TBA

03.30 – 04.00 PM

Tea

04.00 – 5.30 PM

Panel Discussion

“A Profession in Semiconductor Industry – What “IT” is and what “IT” is not”

Moderator – C.P. Ravikumar, Texas Instruments India

Panelists: N.S. Murty, NXP Semiconductors India; A. Vasudevan, Wipro Technologies; Ram Jonnavithula, Texas Instruments India; V. Veerappan, Tessolve India

Award Presentations, Announcements, and Conclusion