A Whole New Ballgame
Supercomputing on Two AA Batteries
Dr. David Baker
Vice President of Product Development
BOPS Inc.
This talk addresses the challenges of designing high performance
DSPs for embedded applications. The challenges in embedded processor
design are very different from the challenges of general-purpose
processor design which has received so much attention. Traditional
benchmarks like SPEC do not represent workloads that dominate the
embedded marketplace. Benchmarks like EEMBC better characterize
signal processing and media-centric applications within consumer
appliances. Many embedded applications demand ultra high performance
on problems that are embarrassingly parallel. This performance is
not achieved by simply increasing clock frequency especially in
environments where energy management is key to success. This talk
will describe architectural innovation that provides new levels of
performance at decreased levels of power consumption in embedded
environments.
Dr. Baker has 20 years of industry experience, including key roles
at TI, IBM, Brooktree, Compaq and Equator. His areas of expertise
include hardware and software product development in PC graphics,
audio, video, imaging, and digital TV. Dr. Baker successfully
developed and brought to market many products, and as Vice President
of System Engineering at Equator Technologies, he helped to develop
a system-on-silicon chip solution for the digital TV market place.
Dr. Baker received his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of
Texas at Austin in 1979 and 1989, respectively.