The programmable platform: does one size fit all?

This special panel session brings together several leading technologists representing organisations within the telecom and system-on-chip design communities. The panel will discuss the trend in platform-based design, where new products are increasingly based on re-programmability or re-configuration of more general-purpose devices. Particular emphasis will be placed on the need to meet the requirements of the Telecom market, where flexibility is a key concern, but with the shift towards third-generation wireless systems, so too is performance.