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SUMMARY:Real Processors for Real-time - Antony John Penton\, Senior Princi
 pal Engineer\, CPU Group\, ARM Holdings\, Cambridge\, UK
DTSTART:20160215T130500Z
DTEND:20160215T141000Z
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CONTACT:Jan Samols
DESCRIPTION:Embedded microprocessors provide anti-lock and stability funct
 ions for the braking systems in your car\, maintain high-speed communicati
 ons links for connected electronics everywhere\, and control the robotic s
 ystems that are increasingly automating our world. Demands for more afford
 able automation\, more efficient engines and motors\, and higher data rate
 s are driving the development of these systems. However\, the architecture
  and micro-architecture of such processors is affected by a more stringent
  set of constraints\, compared to the more conventional application proces
 sors from Intel\, AMD\, and ARM's Cortex-A class. Such processors must hav
 e specialized features that facilitate security\, fault-tolerance\, and re
 al-time responsiveness well beyond what is expected from a typical smartph
 one processor.\n\nJohn Penton is a CPU Architect and Technical Lead at ARM
 \, specializing in the development of such embedded processors. He has wor
 ked on a number of ARM Cortex-R processors that implement the ARMv7-R arch
 itecture and is currently leading the development of a new high-performanc
 e embedded core based on the ARMv8-R architecture. In this talk\, John wil
 l discuss the differing constraints on these real-time processors compared
  to the more well-known applications processors and some of the architectu
 ral and micro-architectural features that result. The goal is to introduce
  aspiring computer architects to more unconventional constraints on proces
 sor development that may arise in industry\, beyond performance\, power\, 
 and area.\n\nAfter the talk\, John will be happy to take questions about t
 he talk\, as well as his career at ARM\, and 'life as a computer architect
 '\, for attendees aspiring to careers in this field!\n\nFood will be provi
 ded.\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory
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