SoC Architecture & Analysis
SoC Design begins with architectural concepts and analysis. Sessions in this track will describe the architectural choices, IP integration issues, and system analyses that define the front end of ARM IP-based SoC design.

SoC Design & Verification
These sessions will cover key aspects of the design and verification flow for ARM processor-based SoCs, from conceptual frameworks to best practices.

SoC Design for Power & Performance
As technology scales for increased circuit density and performance, the need to reduce power consumption increases in significance as designers strive to utilize the advancing silicon capabilities. In these sessions the focus will be on the techniques than can be used to match performance or power targets.

SoC IP
SoC design depends upon reusable silicon IP. These sessions will focus on both the IP qualification process and some novel new alternatives in IP for ARM processor-based SoCs.

Android™ / Open Source
Development tools, middleware, native application development, turnkey solutions, optimized drivers, Android, Linux, Free RTOS.

Computing Platforms
Standardization, specifications, board/module design, subsystems, servers, mobile/netbooks, consumer.

Creating Smarter Systems
CPUs and system IP alone don’t make a system. This track will outline how best to integrate heterogeneous system components in a coherent, efficient fashion to achieve high-performance, energy-efficient SoCs.

Developing/Debugging
Producing code and debugging for ARM instruction set.

Efficient Software Design on ARM-Powered Systems
Optimized stacks, Multi-Core optimization, C-code, memory and cache use, data types & structures, OpenCL, programming optimally for NEON.

Human Interface Design
Multiple screens, motion sensing and controller-free interfaces, trackpads, voice recognition, visual computing, augmented reality.

Low Power Design
Hardware and software techniques to maximize performance while reducing power and trade-offs, power estimation, Low Power MCUs.

Microcontroller Platforms
Off-the-shelf devices, development tools and systems, simplified programming, application design.

Networking & Connectivity
Wired/wireless connectivity, integration in hardware and software, networking stacks, power management, etc., CAN, USB, Sensors.

Safety & Security
Firmware safety, security against tampering in hardware and/or software, physical or network interference, CoreSight, TrustZone-based services, virtualization, smartcards.

The Fundamentals of ARM
As more engineers and companies look to join the ARM ecosystem there is an on-going requirement for information on the basics from core/device selection to commercial requirements – licenses, royalties.