The Digital Imperative: AI-Enhanced Logic for the Next Wave of Customization
(Room 303A)
05 Nov 25
11:50 AM
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12:15 PM
Tracks:
Hardware - FPGA Design
AI is transforming every layer of technology and nowhere is that more profound than in the world of embedded systems. From intelligent automation to real-time decision-making, AI is no longer just augmenting software, it’s reshaping the very fabric of logic itself. GPUs have powered the recent wave of AI acceleration but the next phase is clear, a shift towards deeply customized, domain-specific architectures that blend logic with AI capabilities. Developers face challenges on merging their hardware designs with AI capabilities, ranging from computational efficiency, optimizing memory bandwidth, and managing processing around the AI inference. Applications like sensor fusion and beamforming are evolving from DSP to AI processing at the edge on custom architectures, requiring developers to merge AI IP blocks with their hardware design and software stack. This shift, driven by the need for AI performance, efficiency, and differentiation, is accelerating toward a new class of SoCs combining logic with AI processing. Custom SoC plus AI will make robotics smarter with quicker response times, factory floors more efficient with better defect detection, and public areas safer through real time video analytics. These systems will define the next generation of innovation, where AI doesn’t just run on hardware, it becomes part of the hardware. Join Deepali Trehan, Vice President and GM of Altera Product Management, to explore how FPGAs are evolving to meet this digital imperative.