CASS Talks 2023 - Luca Carloni, Columbia University, USA - January 27, 2023

Описание: CASS Talks 2023 - January 27, 2023
ESP: An Open-Source Platform for Heterogeneous Computing
Prof. Luca Carloni,
Columbia University in the City of New York, USA

Abstract:
Information technology has entered the age of heterogeneous computing. Across a variety of application domains, computer systems rely on highly heterogeneous architectures that combine multiple general-purpose processors with many specialized hardware accelerators. The complexity of these systems, however, threatens to widen the gap between the capabilities provided by semiconductor technologies and the productivity of computer engineers. Open-source hardware is a promising avenue to address this challenge by enabling design reuse and collaboration. ESP is an open-source research platform for system-on-chip (SoC) design that combines a scalable tile-based architecture and a flexible system-level design methodology. With ESP, designers can rapidly combine open-source components to realize highly heterogeneous SoC architectures. The ESP methodology promotes system-level design while accommodating different specification languages and design flows. The benefits of ESP have been demonstrated with both FPGA-based prototypes and chips fabricated in advanced technology processes. Conceived as a heterogeneous system integration platform, ESP is intrinsically suited to foster collaborative engineering across the open-source hardware community.

Short CV:
Luca Carloni is professor and department chair of Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he leads the System-Level Design Group. He holds a Laurea Degree Summa cum Laude in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, and MS in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley. Luca received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation in 2006, was selected as an Alfred P Sloan Research Fellow in 2008, received the ONR Young Investigator Award in 2010 and the IEEE CEDA Early Career Award in 2012. Luca is an IEEE Fellow (class of 2017). His research interests include heterogeneous computing, system-on-chip platforms, computer-aided design, embedded systems, and open-source hardware. Luca coauthored over one hundred and eighty refereed papers in these areas. The System-Level Design Group has made several research contributions available in the public domain, including in particular ESP the open-source system-on-chip platform.