Message from conference general chair

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 27th IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC 2014). The IEEE SOCC is the premier forum for sharing advances in system-on-chip technologies, designs, tools, test, verification and applications. The conference provides a platform for researchers and engineers throughout the world to exchange knowledge, share experiences and develop collaborations. This year, we have experts from over 20 countries presenting their work at SOCC 2014, making the conference truly international. SOCC is proud of being the IEEE conference with the longest history in System-on-Chip area. We maintain high standards and originality through a double-blind peer review process, which includes verification against plagiarism. In addition, the conference provides visionary keynotes and plenary speeches by distinguished industry leaders. This year, we are excited to welcome Tom Beckley (Sr. VP of R&D, Cadence) and Thomas Pawlowski, (Fellow and Chief Technologist, Micron Technology) for the Opening Keynote and Second-day Keynote; Scott Runner (VP, Qualcomm) and Jeffrey Brown (Distinguished Engineer, IBM) for plenary speeches; and Paul Eremenko (Director, Project Ara, Google) for the Banquet speech. We also have a high-profile panel including Jeffrey Brown (Distinguished Engineer, IBM), C. Norris Ip (Solutions Group Director, Cadence), Ram Krishnamurthy (Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel), Nigel Parver (ARM Fellow), and Sakir Sezer (Director of Research, Queen´s University Belfast and CTO, titanic systems).