Abstract :
Modern systems on chip strongly rely on highly complex, specialized, mixed hardware software sub systems to handle processing intensive tasks: 3D graphic, imaging, video, software radio, positioning... Cost and difficulty of super integration, lack of flexibility, little resource sharing combined with a new class of issues attached to deep submicron process variability, reliability, open opportunities to revisit more regular, programmable approaches as an alternative. Will our industry see the emergence of a new generation of standard mega cells that can be assembled as homogeneous many cores fabrics as an alternative to today´s heterogeneous SoCs? We strongly believe that the answer is yes and in this talk we will go through the many folds of this question.
