mslater@cup.portal.com (09/11/89)
*** FINAL PROGRAM: Second Annual Microprocessor Forum ***
Sponsored by Microprocessor Report
September 21 and 22
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
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Thursday, September 21
Perspective
The State of the Microprocessor Industry
Michael Slater, Microprocessor Report
Keynote 1: The Next Decade of RISC
John Hennessy, Stanford University / MIPS
New Microprocessors --- RISCs for Workstations
The i860
Sai-Wai Fu, Intel
IBM's Next-Generation RISC Architecture
Phil Hester, IBM
An ECL SPARC Chip Set
Jim Peterson, Bipolar Integrated Technology
A Custom SPARC Processor
Mike Schumacher, Solbourne Computer
A Multiprocessor Cache for SPARC
Roger Ross, Ross Technology
Panel: The Future of RISC Processors
Above speakers plus John Mashey (MIPS), Chuck Corley (Motorola),
Harlan McGhan (Intergraph), and Michael Mahon (Hewlett-Packard)
Lunch: Alternatives to Random Logic
Film, followed by panel discussion with Ted Hoff
and Masatoshi Shima
New Microprocessors --- Revenge of the CISCs
The 68040
Dave Mothersole, Motorola
The 486
John Crawford, Intel
Outdoing the 486
Dave Stiles, Nexgen Microsystems
The VM8600 Family: Application Specific Integrated
Processors
Masatoshi Shima, V.M. Technology
Panel: The Future of CISC Processors
Above speakers plus Guy Harriman (now with NeXT, formerly
with Inmos) and Phil Downing (Zilog)
Debate: RISC vs. CISC for the Mainstream Workstation Market
Roger Ross (Ross Technology) vs. Morris Jones (Chips &
Technologies)
Benchmarking and Performance Measurement
An Overview of Common Benchmarks
Reinhold Weicker, Siemens
Evaluating RISC and CISC Processor Performance
Bud Funk, Unisys
Panel: Fair Benchmarking
Above speakers plus Jim Geers (AIM Technology), John Mashey
(MIPS), Dave Ditzel (Sun), and Dave Mothersole (Motorola)
Reception and Microprocessor Chip Plot Exhibition
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Friday, September 22
Keynote 2: RISC --- An Exercise in Degrees of Freedom
Andrew Heller, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers / Consultant
System Designer Perspectives --- Workstations
The SPARCstation 1
Andy Bechtolsheim, Sun Microsystems
The DECstation 3100
Mike Nielsen, DEC
A Multiprocessor Graphics Workstation Architecture
Forest Baskett, Silicon Graphics
The XD88 Series Graphics Workstations
John Theus, Tektronix
The AViiON workstation
Robert Cousins, Data General
A Chip Set for a MIPS-based Micro Channel System
Skip Smoot, Bull Micral of America
Panel: Trends in Workstation Design
Above speakers plus Larry Siebert (Opus Systems)
Lunch: The First Annual Microprocessor Report Awards
Nick Tredennick, Master of Ceremonies
RISCs for Embedded Control
A Superscalar Implementation of the 80960
Steve McGeady, Intel
The Next Generation of the 29000 Family
Bob Perlman, AMD
A MIPS Processor for Embedded Control
John Mick, IDT
An Acorn-based Microcontroller
Ron Cates, VLSI Technology
Panel: The Future of RISC in Embedded Control
Above speakers plus Gene Hill (LSI Logic)
Expanding the Microcontroller Range
The 68332: A 68020-Based Microcontroller
John Vaglica, Motorola
The 96002 Floating-Point DSP
Garth Hillman, Motorola
The 34020 Graphics System Processor
Karl Guttag, Texas Instruments
Embedded Control Designer Perspectives
Evaluating processors for laser printer controllers
David Wurmfeld, Phoenix Technologes
High-Performance Networking Interfaces
Steve Holmgren, CMC
Panel: Selecting an Architecture for Embedded Control
Above speakers plus Jonathan Levy (National) and George
Nicol (Silicon Composers)
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