Presentations

Online Seminars and Conference Presentations

Tensilica often presents at technical and industry conferences. Here are some of the up-to-date presentations and conference papers from the most recent conferences. We post links to and PDFs of online seminars and conference presentations.

Online Seminars - Viewable Any Time

How to Avoid the Traps and Pitfalls of SOC Design
White Paper

Everything You Wanted to Know About Video and Image Processing But were afraid to ask
White Paper

Everything You Wanted to Know About Blu-ray Audio 'but were afraid to hear'
White Paper

Untangling the Multicore Mess for SOC Designers

Evaluating Implementation Choices for Low-Power Digital Sound SOCs
PDF of Powerpoint presentation

Everything You Know About Microprocessors is Wrong
PDF of Powerpoint presentation

Conference Presentations

Tensilica's Israel Seminar "Customizable DSP IP Cores Made Simple"
November 17, 2011
Overview of Tensilica's customizable processor technology for DSPs and Controllers
Efficient low-power audio processing
DSPs for baseband processing

HotChips 23
August 2011
The World's Fastest DSP Core: Breaking the 100 GMAC/s Barrier
by Chris Rowen

The Linley Tech Mobile Conference
April 19-20, 2011
Evolving Voice and Audio Requirements for SmartPhones

CoolChips 2010
April 15, 2010
Resolving the Grand Paradox: Low Energy and Full Programmability in 4G Mobile Baseband SOCs
by Chris Rowen

IEEE Silicon Valley Chapter
March 18, 2010
Ultra-Low-Power Software-Definted Radio for LTE Wireless Baseband, an embedded systems grand challenge
by Chris Rowen

Globalpress 2009 Conference
March 30, 2009
Tensilica Update and Trends in Digital Radio

Globalpress 2008 Conference
March 31, 2008
Energy Breakthrough in Chip Design

Portable Design Conference
October 3, 2007
Low-Power, Low-Overhead High-Fidelity Digital Sound for SOCs
by Steve Leibson

Portable Design Conference
October 3, 2007
Reduce Power and Energy Consumption through ISA Extensions
by Steve Leibson

Colorado State University Distinguished Lecture
October 2, 2007
Everything You Know About Microprocessors is Wrong
by Steve Leibson

Colorado State University Distinguished Lecture
October 1, 2007
Challenges in Consumer Electronics for the 21st Century
by Steve Leibson

WORLDCOMP Keynote
June 25, 2007
Challenges in Consumer Electronics for the 21st Century
by Steve Leibson

Microprocessor Forum
May 23, 2007
Diamond 388VDO Dual Core Video Decoder/Encoder

Linley Group Tech Seminar - CPU Cores and IP for Networking
January 31, 2007
Networking Applications for Xtensa Configurable Processors

OnDesign Radio
Listen to Chris Rowen's interview on OnDesignRadio - a podcast at: http://www.ondesignradio.com/podcast/

Denali MemCon
September 13, 2006 - Santa Clara, California
Configurable Processors: Driving Efficient and Flexible Memory and I/O in SOC Designs - Speech by Chris Rowen

The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
June 26, 2006 - Las Vegas, Nevada
The Reinvention of the Microprocessor - Keynote speech by Chris Rowen.

ERSA 2006 (Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms)
June 26, 2006 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Using Configurable Processors for High-Efficiency Multiple-Processor Systems Keynote speech by Chris Rowen

Linley Group CPU Cores and IP for Networking Seminar
January 25, 2006
Networking Applications for Xtensa Configurable Processors

Fall Processor Forum
October 25, 2005
High-Performance Multicore Video Decoder Technology Preview

Design Automation Conference (DAC)
June 15, 2005
Implementing Low-Power Configurable Processors: Practical Options and Tradeoffs

Spring Processor Forum
May 18, 2005
Next-Generation Audio Engine Technology Preview

Grand Opening of China Office
March 9, 2005
Accelerating Advanced IC Design in China
by Chris Rowen

EDA Consortium
February 24, 2005
IP Forecast: Fundamental Change in IP + EDA Opportunity
by Chris Rowen

Design Automation Conference (DAC)
June 10, 2004
MPSOC

GSPx and International Signal Processing Conference 2004
September 30, 2004
Building a Multi-Issue Vector DSP with Configurable-Processor Technology

Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) 2004
September 8, 2004
Implementing Power Management IP for Dynamic and Static Power Reduction in Configurable Microprocessors using the Galaxy Design Platform at 130nm
Presentation
Paper

Hot Chips Conference
August 22, 2004
The End of ISA Design: Power Tools for Optimal Processor Generation

Hot Chips Conference
August 22, 2004
Long Words and Wide Ports: Reinventing the Configurable Processor

Embedded Processor Forum
May 19, 2004
The Next-Generation Xtensa Configurable Core with FLIX

Embedded Processor Forum
May 18, 2004
A Second-Generation High-performance DSP Engine

First International SOC Conference
April 19, 2004
Designing with Configurable Processors Instead of RTL

International Symposium on SOC 2003
November 19, 2003
SOC Logic Development Using Configurable, Application-Specific Processors

IP-based SOC Design Workshop
November 13, 2003
Throttle IP Core Power Dissipation: Use RTL Power Analysis Early and Often

International Cadence Users Group
September 15, 2003
Interconnect Cross-Talk Induced Delay and Noise Glitch Analysis for Embedded Microprocessor Designs
Presentation
Paper

Embedded Processor Forum
June 17, 2003
Automatic Generation of Processor Extensions