When: Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Where: CHE (Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building) : 2110
Event Type(s): Colloquium

Supercomputer in your hand: history & future direction

Thursday, April 26, 2012
3:30 p.m.
CHE 2110

Dr. Nam-Sung (Stephen) Woo
President
System LSI Business
Device Solutions
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Host: Prof. Ashok Agrawala

Abstract

In this talk, we will present recent advances of computing power in mobile devices and how the progress has been achieved. We will describe multicore system of application processors that support multimedia applications. Examples of industry, including Samsung Electronics, will be presented. We will compare this phenomenon against the multiprocessor activities several decades ago. We will also discuss positive outcome of interaction among different disciplines, namely, computer science, electrical engineering and material engineering.

For more information, contact:
Ashok Agrawala
+1 301 405 2525
agrawala@cs.umd.edu