Multiprocessor SoCs are no longer an advanced research topic for academia. Ninety percent of SoCs designed in 130-nm technology include at least one CPU. Most popular multimedia platforms are already multiprocessor SoCs. This roundtable brings together key players from the semiconductor industry and academia to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved with this new technology.
Index Terms:
multiprocessor, SoC, MPSoC, CPU, multicore, chip
Citation:
Ahmed Amine Jerraya, Olivier Franza, Markus Levy, Masao Nakaya, Pierre Paulin, Ulrich Ramacher, Deepu Talla, Wayne Wolf, "Roundtable: Envisioning the Future for Multiprocessor SoC," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 174-183, June 2007, doi:10.1109/MDT.2007.56