sw engineers are from pluto and hw engineers are from mercury: can esl bridge the gap? john e....

SW Engineers are from Pluto and HW Engineers are from Mercury:

Can ESL Bridge the Gap?

John E. BlylerEditorial Director: Chip Design Magazine, Embedded Intel magazine and Design Trends Reports

DAC 2006

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My Background

BS Engineering Physics, MS EE (digital and RF) Engineering Background

18 years - Complex hardware-software systems Teaching Background

Develop/taught courses for industry and university Affiliate Professor – PSU, Systems Engineering

Print/Online Media Background Editor-in-Chief, Chip Design magazine Senior Tech Editor – Wireless Systems mag Freelance, Edutopia magazine and others Associate Editor, IEEE I&M magazine Book author, IEEE Press

Contact: jblyler@extensionmedia.comwww.chipdesignmag.com, (503) 614-1082

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Different Worlds

Different languages RTL or C/C++

Different architectural constructs Today’s design mandate co-development Questions:

What do SW guys need from HW guys? And vice versa?

Where is the gap between SW and HW? How do we bridge it?