2012 IEEE 25th International SOC Conference

System on Chip SoC has been the enabling technology behind the evolution of many of today’s ubiquitous technologies, such as Internet, mobile wireless technology, and high definition television. The information technology age, in turn, has fuelled a global communications revolution. SoC devices today include some or all of the major electronics technologies, comprising RF, analog, optical, digital, and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems NEMS. Recent advances in systems, deep-submicron and nano process technology are unleashing new opportunities, but also creating new challenges. Managements of design and verification complexity, EDA tools, on-chip communication, and design reuse for SoCs are significant complications, and SoC fault detection is becoming more difficult as chip size is increasing.