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Integrated Systems Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Friedman, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

Talk Title: High Data Rate Communications: Solutions and Challenges

Abstract: Bandwidth growth is a key driver for performance growth in a wide range of arenas, especially including servers and high performance ASICs. Yet while mixed-signal circuits do not accrue nearly the scaling-derived improvements in power-per-operation as do digital processing circuits, desired bandwidth growth must nevertheless be delivered in the context of power constraints that are increasingly inflexible. This presentation will first provide an overview of work underway in the Communication and Computation Subsystems department within IBM Research, and will then focus on key solutions and challenges regarding high data rate communications for future systems applications. Example designs discussed will illustrate the continuing interplay and evolution of the roles of architecture, packaging, mixed-signal design, and technology in addressing the bandwidth needs of future computing systems.

Biography: Daniel Friedman received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science from Harvard University. After completing post-doctoral work in image sensor design, he joined IBM Research, initially to work on analog circuits and air interface protocols for field-powered RFID tags. In 1999, he began working on analog circuit design for high-speed SerDes macros and became manager of a team focused on I/O and PLL designs shortly thereafter. He is now senior manager of the communication circuits and systems department, which includes groups working on mixed high speed analog/digital design, mmWave design, and FPGA designs; he also chairs the wireline sub-committee of ISSCC.

Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi and Prof. Mike Chen

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Hossein Hashemi