13th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference - October 21 & 22, 2015


	Schedule & Program Summary
SoC Conference Day 1	Wednesday, October 21, 2015 UCI - Calit2 Building	8:00 am - 7:00 pm
SoC Conference Day 2	Thursday, October 22, 2015 UCI - Calit2 Building	8:00 am - 7:00 pm
SoC Tabletop Exhibit & Reception	Wednesday, October 21, 2015 UCI - Calit2 Building	2:00 pm - 7:00 pm

	Microsemi Keynote	Jim Aralis, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Vice President of R&D. Abstract: This presentation will outline the new process, processor, and packaging technologies that are enabling the expansion of mixed-signal SoC product development efforts. Subjects that will be covered include the optimization of design methodologies, mode partitioning, and process selection to maximize cost-savings, performance, and time-to-market. The presenter will also discuss how expertise in analog processing, signal conditioning, precision timing, and high speed wired and wireless communications design remain critical for designing differentiated products in an expanding and evolving digital environment. Bio: Jim Aralis has served as chief technology officer and vice president of R&D for Microsemi since January 2007. He has more than 30 years experience in developing custom analog device and process technologies, analog and mixed-signal ICs and systems, and CAD systems. Jim played a key role in transitioning Microsemi to a virtually fabless model, supporting multiple process technologies including, high voltage and high power BCD/CMOS, high power high integration CMOS, GaAs, SiGe, IPD, RF CMOS SoI, GaN, SiC, and several high-density packaging technologies. From 2000 to 2007, Jim established and served as senior design director of Maxim Integrated Product’s engineering center in Irvine, Calif. Before that, he spent 7 years with Texas Instruments/ Silicon Systems as mixed-signal design head and senior principal engineer. Additional experience includes 11 years with Hughes Aircraft Company in positions of increasing responsibility including senior scientist. Jim earned a bachelor of science degree in Math Applied Science and Physics and a master of science in electrical engineering from UCLA. He holds 9 patents for circuit and system design.
	University of California, Irvine Keynote	Dr. G.P. Li, Cali2 Director, University of California, Irvine, Professor of Engineering. Abstract: TBA. Bio: Dr. Li is a professor at the University of California, Irvine, with appointments in three departments: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Biomedical Engineering. At UCI, he also serves as Calit2 division director and director of the Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Dr. Li holds 18 U.S. patents, has 15 patents pending and has published more than 280 research papers involving microelectronic technologies, microwave circuit design, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for communication and biomedical instrumentation applications, and bio-nano-IT technology. He received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan, and his master’s and doctorate degrees, also in electrical engineering, from UCLA. During his tenure as a research staff member and manager of the technology group at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center (1983-1988), Li worked in the area of VLSI technology and led a research/development team to transfer the technology into the marketplace. In 1987, he chaired a committee charged with defining IBM’s semiconductor technology roadmap beyond the year 2000. A member of numerous technical committees at professional conferences, Li was chair of the Taiwan VLSI Technology, Circuit, and System Conference in 2006. He also served as chair of the executive committee for electronics manufacturing research and new materials at the University of California. Dr. Li received an outstanding research contribution award from IBM (1987), two outstanding engineering professor awards from UCI (1997 and 2001), the UCI Innovators Award (2005), best paper award from the ITC International Telemetering Conference (2005), and outstanding Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Leaders and Role Models award by the Asian Business Association of Orange County (2009). Li has been involved in several startup companies as a co-founder or member of the technical advisory board. Currently, he directs TechPortal, a technology business incubator housed at the UCI division of Calit2, which supports and nurtures young companies and university researchers commercializing their technologies. His current research interests focus on developing technologies for efficient energy utilization and consumption, and e-health.
	Intel	Dr. Jeff Parkhurst, Intel Science & Technology Center Program Director Cloud Computing and Big Data. Big Data -- Hope or Hype Abstract: Big Data is becoming more prevalent in our daily conversation. Mining and processing it holds the hope of providing insight into areas that a few years ago would have been considered out of reach. Efficient transportation for big cities, retail and genomics are all being studied with renewed vigor. However, the promise of Big Data is also tempered by the potential to misuse and misinterpret. This talk will look at both the potential and the problems in working in with large amounts of data and will take a peak into the research at the Intel Science and Technology center for Big Data. Bio: Dr. Jeff Parkhurst is the Program Director for three Intel Science and Technology Centers focusing on Embedded Computing, Cloud Computing and Big Data. He is responsible for managing the operational details in each center as well as aiding in direction setting of the research. The Program Director is the primary liaison between Intel and the universities on all operational matters including contracts, IP, space, logistics, funding, and technology/knowledge transfer. Prior to this assignment, Jeff was an Academic Research Programs Manager working with senior technologists internal and external to Intel setting research directions for the design science areas of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Jeff received his BS from University of Nevada at Reno in 1983 and his MS from the University of California at Davis in 1988 and his PhD at Purdue University in 1994. Dr. Parkhurst is the author of numerous papers and one patent.
	Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Keynote	James P. Young Vice President, Advanced Development, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Keynote: "Mobile Front End Module The Battle Between SIP & SoC." Bio: James P. Young is vice president of advanced development at Skyworks Solutions, Inc. where he is responsible for mobile handset power amplifier and front end module design. His expertise includes power amplifier and RFIC circuit and system design in CMOS, SOI, BiCMOS, bipolar, and GaAs technologies. James holds 18 patents, has authored or co-authored over 22 papers, and taught several short courses mainly on RFIC design. He holds a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terra Haute, Indiana. Abstract: Ubiquitous demand for mobile platforms with extended talk times and high-speed data is creating an unprecedented level of analog and RF complexity. As the wireless market transitions from 3G to 4G standards such as LTE and LTE-A, front-end architectural challenges are being compounded by demanding coexistence, shielding and harmonic requirements above and beyond the traditional constraints of power efficiency, size and cost. Front-end solutions will soon have to support up to 50 frequency bands and 100 carrier aggregation combinations. Next-generation products will also support LTE in WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth®, Mobile TV, NFC and other non-cellular services. While higher peak to average modulations are driving significant innovation in power added efficiency in the basic transistor characteristics, and system level approaches including DPD, APT and envelope tracking when combined can reduce power consumption by up to 30 percent, GaAs HBT technology and roadmap maintains a 10 percent efficiency advantage over SOI and CMOS. Another critical technology for system level efficiency is antenna tuning, where switches can be applied for both on-antenna aperture tuning as well as the antenna-feed impedance tuning. Both system-in-package and system-on-chip approaches are being pursued to integrate all of the RF and analog content between the transceiver and antenna, including multiband power amplifiers, high throw switches, filtering, duplexing and controls. System-in-package solutions such as Skyworks’ SkyOne™ family of products use multiple technologies to optimize the performance, size and cost of each functional block and provide a fully shielded and packaged solution to address co-existence and interference as the size of the RF board continues to shrink.