Dr. Stamenkovic, Zoran

Dr. Zoran Stamenkovic received his Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Nis, Serbia in 1995. His research interests include IP based SoC design, HDL modelling and simulation, logic synthesis, chip layout, and integrated circuit yield modelling and prediction. Currently, he is designing and implementing wireless SoCs at IHP GmbH, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. He has published a book on IC yield, two chapters on IC yield and testing in the Computer Engineering Handbook (Outstanding Academic Title for 2002 by Choice Magazine, USA), and more than 40 scientific journal and conference papers. Dr. Stamenkovic is a senior member of the IEEE.

SoC Design and Configurable Processors

IC designers of today are required to handle designs of huge complexity driven by Moore’s Law. The problem is often tackled with heavy design re-use that leads to SoC platform design methodology. However, platform designs have problem of product differentiation and often lead to inefficient implementation. Configurable processor then comes to the rescue allowing processors to be tailored to a specific application. This invited lecture will bring to participants the latest in SoC and Configurable Processors. SoC design flow will be thoroughly examined with example drawn from wireless communications. In Configurable Processors, basic processor architectures will be explained, and the use of configurable processor in SoC will be studied and ended with specific configurable processor example.