Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Computer Engineering Seminar
(Fall 2009-2010)

             Speaker:    Professor Sao-Jie Chen         
             Time:       12:00 pm          
             Date:       September 25, 2009             
             Location:   Room 4610, Engineering Hall          
             Subject:    An ISA Independent Design Method for Software Defined     

As usual soft drinks will be available for those who show up in time for the seminar.   
***********************************************************************    
             

              An ISA Independent Design Method for Software Defined                                                        
                                  
                                  by                               
                        Professor Sao-Jie Chen                        
                    Department of Electrical Engineering                          
                        National Taiwan University
                            

Abstract:  

An instruction set architecture independent design method targeted on  
embedded software defined radio is proposed. Without the aid of  
specified instructions, this work focuses on cycle-efficient  
implementation of bit-oriented operations on word-based processors.  
High portability between platforms is achieved, and demonstrated  with 
an IEEE 802.11a (WiFi) transmitter, implemented in C language  on both 
Sandbridge Technologies Inc. SB3011 baseband processor  evaluation 
board and Texas Instruments Inc. TMS320  C64x digital signal processor. 
More than 99% instruction cycle  reductions are observed on both 
platforms.  


Biography:   

Sao-Jie Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical  
engineering from the National Taiwan University, Taipei,  Taiwan, ROC, 
in 1977 and 1982 respectively, and the Ph.D.  degree in electrical 
engineering from the  Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA, in 
1988. Since 1982, he has been a member of the faculty in the Department 
of  Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, where he  is 
currently a full professor.  During the fall of 1999,  he was a 
visiting professor in the Department of Computer  Science and 
Engineering, University of California,  San Diego, USA. During the fall 
of 2003, he held an academic visitor  position in the Department of 
System Level Design,  IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown 
Heights,  New York, USA. During the falls of 2004 to 2008, he was a  
visiting professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer  
Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.  His current 
research interests include: VLSI physical design,  SOC 
hardware/software co-design, and Wireless LAN and  Bluetooth IC design. 
Dr. Chen is a member of the Chinese  Institute of Engineers, the 
Chinese Institute of Electrical  Engineering, the Institute of 
Taiwanese IC Design,  the Association for Computing Machinery, a senior 
member of the  IEEE Circuits and Systems and the IEEE Computer 
Societies.