Panasonic´s system LSI: towards the ubiquitous network society

Summary form only given. Consumer is now biggest market for LSIs; also biggest electronics market. The convergence of many applications in the ubiquitous network society means that a single strong system level approach to design is essential for success. In SoCs´ design, software is becoming the dominant engineering problem in terms of reliable implementation, with software engineering resources exceeding hardware engineering for a typical 90nm and below the design. As there exists a clear process roadmap down to 16nm and below over the course of 2020, we are now facing the high wall for implementing the system level approach without problem. This system level approach requires unprecedented collaboration and mutual cooperation among many parties in parallel from the early planning stages of the design process. Platform technology with the ability to reconfigure through software and scalable hardware is a key to cost-effective success of the system level approach. For us, close co-operation with Panasonic other divisions is the key to Panasonic´s ability to maximize the technology effectively. We show some examples of platform technologies and Panasonic´s system LSIs based on platform technologies in this presentation. Panasonic´s vision on technology is aiming for everyone to truly benefit in society, and is easy enough for everyone to use in the ubiquitous digital age.