Challenge-The-Expert

"Solving the Complexity Challenge in the Design of Electronic Systems"

Thursday, March 20, 2003

By Dr. Horst Salzwedel, Chief Technology Officer and President, MLDesign Technologies

5:15 p.m.: Registration and Networking/Refreshments.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Program
Fee: $10 at the door (cash or check) No fee to Center sponsors.
At the Center. Registration Information & Directions Below.

Dr. Horst Salzwedel's Presentation (.pdf)

Over 10 years ago, the electronic industry started to switch from logical level design to functional level design to overcome the problem of rapidly increasing complexity in electronic systems. Since that time, the complexity of systems using electronics increased by more than a factor 100 and the time-to-market requirements are shorter than at the beginnings of the 1990s. Today more than 55% of problems in hardware and software design of complex systems are in specification development and high-level architectural design.

In this Challenge-the-Expert Program, Dr. Salzwedel, Chief Technology Officer and President of MLDesign Technologies, will address the move from functional level design to performance / architectural and mission level design. Examples of productivity improvements in the design of chips and embedded software systems and wireless systems during the last 1 1/2 years will be discussed.

Please join us to challenge this expert on what will surely prove to be an enlightening evening.

ABOUT DR. HORST SALZWEDEL

Horst Salzwedel is a Fellow of the Silicon Valley World Internet Center. He is President and Chief Technology Officer of MLDesign Technologies (http://www.mldesigner.com). He was formerly an Architect with the Wireless and Multi-media Design Group at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. In that capacity, he has developed computer-aided engineering software system for design and analysis of satellite and mobile communications systems. He consults on mobile satellite communication systems. He has been with Cadence since 1992. Since 1994, Dr. Salzwedel has been a Professor in System Theory and Mobile/Satellite Communications at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany. His research areas include:

• Software system design for system level design automation (SDA)
• Global mobile/satellite communication systems: design software, optimization, interference minimization, handover between mobile and satellite communication systems, high bandwidth mobile/satellite communications.
• Automated global astronomy: hardware implementation of real time object identification and compression software, real time satellite communications.
• Integrated communication and control systems.
• High precision satellite based navigation.

Dr. Salzwedel also served as Head of Research for SatLab, LLC, a company specializing in systems design tools. From 1978 - 1992, he was a Senior Research Engineer at Systems Control Technology, Inc. He has also been a lecturer and consulting professor at Stanford University. Dr. Salzwedel holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Sciences from Stanford University and a M.S. in Aero- and Astronautics from the Technical University of Munich.

To contact Dr. Salzwedel:

Dr. Horst Salzwedel
Chief Technology Officer and President MLDesign Technologies, Inc.
E: horst@mldesigner.com
http://www.mldesigner.com

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