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SHORT COURSE<br />
Thursday February 4 th , 8:00 AM<br />
ISSCC 2016 Short Course<br />
Circuits for the Internet of Everything<br />
Organizer:<br />
Wim Dehaene, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium<br />
The Internet of Everything (IoE) is today one of the main drivers for further development in<br />
the semiconductor industry. Academic research is also focusing on this application domain.<br />
The Internet of Everything poses new challenges to circuit design mainly for the creation of<br />
energy efficient design of IoE nodes. The holistic view on IoE projects the presence of several<br />
layers of hardware in the IoE system ranging from tiny sensor nodes all around in the<br />
environment, over user terminals to huge server infrastructure. The layer closest to the<br />
physical world is that of the sensor nodes. For these nodes to be omnipresent, they will have<br />
to be running on an independent supply – either batteries that last for years or energy<br />
harvesting. Ultra-efficient, low-energy design is a key asset in this context.<br />
This short course aims to give an overview of the challenges that modern circuit design has<br />
to face, and the solutions it can offer, in the context of design for the Internet of Everything.<br />
The course will start by addressing the topic of “processors for IoE”. The typical needs for<br />
digital processing in an IoE node will be discussed. In this part the general picture of circuits<br />
for IoE will also be sketched. The second topic addresses the radio design for IoE, followed<br />
by sensor interfaces and time references. These three circuit classes are essential parts of<br />
any IoE node and also comprise the core challenges of circuit design for the IoE.<br />
Time: Topic:<br />
8:00 AM Breakfast<br />
Short Course Agenda<br />
8:20 AM Introduction by Chair<br />
8:30 AM Processors for the Internet of Everything<br />
Shichin Ouyang, MediaTek, USA, San Jose, CA<br />
10:00 AM Break<br />
10:30 AM Radios for IoT<br />
Hooman Darabi, Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA<br />
12:15 PM Lunch<br />
1:20 PM Sensor Interfaces for IoE<br />
Nick Van Helleputte, imec, Leuven, Belgium<br />
2:50 PM Break<br />
3:20 PM Frequency References for IoE<br />
Fabio Sebastiano, Delft University of Technology, Delft,<br />
The Netherlands<br />
4:50 PM Conclusion<br />
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