Invited Talk: Emerging Computing Trends and Their Impact on System on Chip Design - Dr. Ong Sze Wei

Dear all,

The Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering and the
Center for Communication Systems and Networking (CCSN) will be
organizing a seminar by Dr. Ong Sze Wei. The details are given below.
Faculty members are invited to attend the talk.

Title: Emerging Computing Trends and Their Impact on System on Chip Design
Speaker: Dr. Ong Sze Wei
Date: 4th April 2011
Time: 1:30 PM
Venue: 6th Floor Meeting Room, FES, UTAR KL Campus, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.
Abstract:
The global demand for high-performance computing and mobile Internet
connectivity continues to escalate as the appetite for media contents
grows. This demand, combined with the growing emphasis on small form
factor, is driving the need for System-on-Chip (SoC) design. This talk
will focus on the technology drivers, characteristics and challenges
of SOC design and development. The presentation will also describe
Intel's strategy in delivering a new category of smart SoC designs as
well as the design teams which deliver them.
Biography:
Dr. Ong Sze Wei is senior microprocessor design manager of Intel
Penang Design Center (PDC). He joined Intel in 2002 and has led
multiple design automation domains of Intel Atom(tm), Pentium(r) and
Core(tm) microprocessor projects. He is also the program manager of
Intel Technical Development Work Group where he champions strategic
training and development initiatives for the design teams in Malaysia.
In this capacity, Dr. Ont founded Intel-MDEC Advanced VLSI
Train-The-Trainer Program for 18 universities in Malaysia. He also
co-founded Northern Corridor Analog and Digital Design Program, which
is a catalyst program for developing advanced analog and digital
design engineers for the northern region of Malaysia. Dr. Ong is the
industry advisor for Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Tunku Abdul
Rahman and Universiti Tenaga Nasional. He received his bachelor's,
master's and doctorate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering
from the University of Tennessee, U.S.A.

With thanks and regards,

Dr. Morris Ezra,
Asst. Professor,
Faculty of Engineering and Science,
University Tunku Abdul Rahman,