Virtual Summit Information

Global Event Featuring Informational Webcasts Including
“Ask the Experts”, and Executive RoundTable Webcast on the Future of FPGAs

Summit Description

In a new approach with much more information than a single webinar but more focused than a general embedded conference, the FPGA Virtual Summit consists of five webcasts in a single day. Attendees participate using their web browser, logging in throughout the day for their relevant topics, without any travel cost or time and with complete freedom to enter or leave at will.

The first four themed technical sessions cover key topics for today’s FPGA design engineers, system architects, and engineering decision makers.  Each of these four webcasts will wrap up with an “Ask the Experts” panel for attendees to ask their questions and network with vendors. 

The fifth and final session of the day is the keynote Executive RoundTable webcast, where Executives from the leading FPGA vendors will be discussing the “Future of FPGAs” in a Q&A type session moderated by OpenSystems Media editorial directors Chris Ciufo and Don Dingee.

For the four themed technical sessions in the Virtual Summit, only three sponsorships each are available, and for the Executive RoundTable keynote session only four sponsorships are available. Following are session descriptions and sponsorship packages, including details on video and white paper sponsorships in conjunction with the webinars.

Keynote

Future of FPGA Executive RoundTable: Key Element in your Design Future
(4 positions available)

Abstract: FPGAs will surely become even larger, faster, and cheaper. This session will explore both new replacement possibilities as well as new applications for ever more powerful devices. It will focus on where FPGAs will fit in the bag of tricks available to designers for creating fast-to-market, powerful, and flexible systems to meet needs and requirements far beyond what we can envision today. The session will include presentations, a panel discussion, and time for questions and answers.

Webcast Sessions

Session #1: DSP Applications
(3 positions available)

Improve Your DSP Designs with FPGA Abstract: FPGAs are being used increasingly in DSP systems to improve performance by exploiting the massive parallelism available in programmable logic. This session focuses on solving DSP design problems and presents specific examples of innovative approaches to FPGAbased system design. The presentations focus on design results and demonstrate solutions for DSP applications. Both expert FPGA designers and newcomers will take away important lessons from the examples. Topics include application examples, algorithm implementation, low-cost devices, multi-core processors, DSP libraries, and rapid prototyping platforms.

Session 2: FPGA Design Tools
(3 positions available)

Get your FPGA Designs to Market Faster Abstract: As FPGAs become larger and more complex, designing with them becomes more difficult and more time consuming. Furthermore, many people with limited design backgrounds are looking to use FPGAs in a variety of applications. This session explores ways to simplify and automate FPGA design, shorten design cycles, and handle problems such as timing closure, configuration, and security. The emphasis is on general approaches that apply to a wide range of current devices and are scalable to future devices as well.

Session #3: FPGAs in Communications
(3 positions available)

The Keys to Next-Generation Network Equipment Abstract: FPGAs can serve many purposes in communications and networking. They can implement interfaces such as PCI Express or USB, perform complex algorithms, handle protocols such as Ethernet or Fibre Channel, or even completely replace processors. They are particularly useful in situations involving high-speed communications methods based on standards that are still being finalized, revised, or re-interpreted. They provide the flexibility required to handle evolving demands while still offering hardware rather than software speeds. This session explores examples of communications applications, implementation methods, design approaches, and verification.

Session# 4: FPGAs Verification
(3 positions available)

Do you see what I see? Abstract: As FPGAs become larger and more complex, debugging and verifying them has grown exponentially more difficult. This skyrocketing complexity is affecting design productivity and creating significant time-to-market delays. New verification and debugging approaches are necessary to bridge the gap between complex FPGAs and the relatively simple design tools that are typically available. This tutorial highlights the state of the art in debugging FPGAs, and provides audience members with a roadmap of methodologies and tools to harness today’s sophisticated chips and gain a competitive advantage for their organizations.

For more details, contact Lance Leventhal