To meet the escalating computational demands of consumer electronic devices, system‑on‑chip (SoC) designs have evolved from simple unicore architectures to sophisticated multicore and manycore platforms, integrating an ever‑growing number of heterogeneous IP blocks on a single piece of silicon. These advancements have dramatically increased parallel processing capabilities, energy efficiency, and application‑specific performance. At the same time, they have introduced new layers of architectural complexity, including challenges in interconnect scalability, memory hierarchy design, workload distribution, power and thermal management, and system‑level reliability. Addressing these issues is essential for unlocking the full potential of modern multicore/ manycore SoCs and enabling the next generation of intelligent, high‑performance embedded systems.
Topic of Interests:
- Multicore/Many-core Architecture: Exploring innovative designs and implementations of multicore and many-core systems to enhance performance, scalability, and energy efficiency.
- Reconfigurable Platforms: Investigating adaptable and flexible platforms that can be reconfigured to meet specific application requirements and optimize resource usage.
- Reconfigurable Heterogeneous Cryptographic SoC Accelerators: Developing secure and efficient cryptographic accelerators that can be reconfigured to support diverse security protocols and standards.
- Memory Management Support: Addressing advanced memory management techniques to optimize data access, storage, and retrieval in multicore environments.
- Communication Protocols: Designing robust and efficient communication protocols to facilitate seamless data transfer and synchronization between multiple cores and peripheral devices.
- Real-time Systems: Enhancing the reliability and predictability of real-time systems through improved scheduling, synchronization, and resource management techniques.
- SoCs and DSPs: Focusing on the integration and optimization of digital signal processors (DSPs) within SoCs to support high-performance computing and multimedia applications.
- Heterogeneous Architectures with HW Accelerators and GPUs: Leveraging heterogeneous architectures that integrate hardware accelerators and graphics processing units (GPUs) to boost computational power and efficiency.
- Chiplet-based Design: Innovating in chiplet-based design methodologies to create modular, scalable, and high-performance SoCs.
Former Chairs
- Prof. Yeong-Kang Lai, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, 17th IEEE MCSoC 2024
- Prof. William J. Song, Yonsei Univ, Korea, 16th IEEE MCSoC 2023
