Introduction to Systems-on-Chip: Concepts, Architecture, Challenges and Opportunities

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Speaker: 

Dr. Christophe Bobda is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida and director of the Smart Systems lab. He also serves as associate chair for education for the department.

Abstract:

System on Chip (SoCs) are miniaturized IC devices that integrate all the essential components of a computer or electronic system onto a single microchip. Imagine having a central processing unit (CPU), memory, input/output (I/O) interfaces, and even specialized processors like graphics processing units (GPUs) all condensed onto a tiny silicon chip. SoCs are ubiquitous in modern electronics, powering everything from smartphones and laptops to wearables and smart home devices. Their compact size and efficient design contribute to several key benefits but also come with numerous challenges. This lecture will first introduce SoCs, discuss the opportunities and challenges, and explore the architecture. This is an introductory course on SoC that will conclude with the design and implementation of a basic SoC on an FPGA. 

Speaker Bio:

Prof. Bobda is with the University of Florida as a Professor of Computer Engineering, leader of the lab smart systems, and Associate ECE Chair for Education. Prof. Christophe Bobda is an expert in embedded systems, reconfigurable systems, and system-on-chip with applications in IoT, cybersecurity, and is-situ image analysis, particularly hardware/software reconfigurable architectures for acceleration of video processing applications, at the edged and in the cloud. Professor Bobda is a Senior Member of the ACM and IEEE. He is also on the program committee of several conferences like DAC, CODES+ISSS, FCCM, FPL, and FPT and was ACM ACM Distinguished Speaker from 2016 – 2020. Dr. Bobda has authored more than 200 journal and conference publications in computer architecture, embedded systems, system-on-chip, embedded imaging, robotics, and cybersecurity. He received multiple conference awards, including the FCCM Best Short Paper and the SBCCI Test of Time Awards.