8th International SoC Conference


	Xilinx Keynote	Dr. Ivo Bolsens, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx Inc. Bio: Ivo Bolsens is senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), with responsibility for advanced technology development, Xilinx research laboratories (XRL) and Xilinx university program (XUP). Bolsens came to Xilinx in June 2001 from the Belgium-based research center IMEC, where he was vice president of information and communication systems. His research included the development of knowledge-based verification for VLSI circuits, design of digital signal processing applications, and wireless communication terminals. He also headed the research on design technology for high-level synthesis of DSP hardware, HW/SW co-design and system-on-chip design. Bolsens holds a PhD in applied science and an MSEE from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
	Netlogic Microsystems Keynote	Dr. J. Antonio Carballo, Director, Major Accounts, Netlogic Microsystems. Bio: Dr. Juan-Antonio Carballo Director of major account at Netlogic. He was the IBM Corporation's Venture Capital Executive for Semiconductors and Hardware Systems, responsible for creating and managing strategic projects with top-tier Venture Capital firms and their portfolio companies. Prior to this role, Juan-Antonio was leading research in adaptive communications chips at IBM Research. He won an IBM Research Division award for his work in this area. He filed 23 patents and has over 20 publications in low-power design, communications systems, design economics, and electronic design management. He is the Chair of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Design and System Drivers Chapters, the Chair Elect of IEEE's DATC Committee, and VSIA's R&D Chair in 2004-5. He has been on the committee of six symposiums and conferences, and was the General Chair for Electronic Design Processes 2004 in Monterey, CA. His prior work experience includes stays at Digital Equipment (currently HP) and LSI Logic. Juan-Antonio holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, an M.B.A. from the College des Ingenieurs (Paris), and a M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
	Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Keynote	Raouf Y. Halim, Chief Executive Officer, Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Bio: Mr. Halim has been a director since January 2002 and our chief executive officer since June 2003. He was the senior vice president and chief executive officer of the internet infrastructure business of Conexant from February 2002 to June 2003 and the senior vice president and general manager, network access division, of Conexant from January 1999 to February 2002.