System-On-a-Chip Design Challenges for the Post-PC EraSystem-On-a-Chip Design Challenges for the Post-PC Era Hugo De Man K.U.Leuven / IMEC Belgium deman@imec.be Outline Post-PC era and Post-PC silicon systems Differentiator: novel SoC architectures Design challenges Organizing system design research: who and how? Conclusions H.De Man Gubbio-9-01 2 Post-PC Era: by market pull Silicon volume will be dominated by: Cheap, deeply embedded ubiquitous, wearable computing + Global connectivity: ubiquitous wireless communication + MEMS & BIO Distributed Transducers systems + Proactive non-keyboard user interface = Post-PC Ambient intelligence H.De Man Gubbio-9-01 3 Post-PC will drive the Silicon Fabs 1B Cellular Service Engineering Info Appliances Mobile Internet : >=3G PC 100M [After Nokia IST99] 2005 2010 2000 Key : wireless pe……