The Linley Spring Processor Conference was held on April 11 - 12 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. Proceedings are now available at the above link.

This two-day event is the only one of its kind focused on the processors and IP cores used in deep learning, embedded, communications, automotive, IoT, and server designs. Principal Analyst Linley Gwennap opened the conference with an overview of the market, technologies, equipment-design, and silicon trends. The second day started with a keynote from Western Digital CTO Martin Fink covering big data trends and RISC-V. The remainder of the program included more than 20 talks and panel discussions covering a broad range of topics, such as:

Deep-Learning Requirements for Processors in Autonomous Vehicles
Gordon Cooper, Product Marketing Manager, Embedded Vision, Synopsys

Surviving the IoT Device Security Wild West
Suresh Marisetty, Principle Security Solutions Architect, Arm

Seamless Prediction at the Edge Using TensorFlow on FPGAs
Brad Spiers, Principal Solutions Architect, Micron

Implementing Strong and Programmable Security to Mitigate IoT Threats
Steve Singer, Sr. Director, WW Field Applications, Rambus

The Journey from ADAS to Autonomous
Igor Arsovski, CTO of ASIC BU, GLOBALFOUNDRIES

A Smart Interconnect Fabric for Enabling Embedded AI Applications
Anush Mohandass, VP Marketing and Business Development, NetSpeed Systems

Interconnect IP Physical Awareness and Optimization
Matthew Mangan, Corporate Applications Engineer, ArterisIP

Scaling Up Imaging, Computer Vision, and AI DSP Performance
Lazaar Louis, Senior Director, Cadence

Turnkey Fully Integrated RISC-V–Based IP for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Sagi Zohar, Director of Customer Solution Group, CEVA

Building End-to-End Security Into High-Value Embedded Applications
Rich Collins, Product Manager for ARC Processors and Subsystems, Synopsys

Capturing the Mainstream Market with Premium Experiences
Andy Craigen, Director, Product Management, Arm

Addressing Process Scaling Challenges in Server Memory
Eric Caward, Business Development Manager, Micron

Advancing Data Center Storage
Mohit Gupta, Senior Director Product Marketing, Rambus

Embedding Security Step by Step
Ron Keidar, Security Architect, Inside Secure

Turning Augmented/Virtual Reality Hype Into Actual Reality
Amitabh Kumar, Director, Segment Marketing, GLOBALFOUNDRIES

RISC-V Core IP: From Microcontrollers to Linux
Jack Kang, VP Product & Business Development, SiFive

Hardware Monitors Provide Tools for Optimization at Scale
Gadge Panesar, CTO, UltraSoC

A Scalable Platform for Deep Learning and Visual Compute
Marco Jacobs, VP Marketing, Videantis

Training a Neural Network Using Dataflow Computing
Chris Nicol, CTO, Wave Computing

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