At Rambus, we create cutting-edge semiconductor and IP products, spanning memory and interfaces to security, smart sensors and lighting.
About Rambus Design Summit
Back for its third year, the Rambus Design Summit is a virtual conference focused on the selection and implementation of chip and IP solutions for the data center, edge, automotive and IoT devices including the acceleration and security of AI/ML applications. Hear our technology leaders give their insights on future semiconductor technologies, and explore in-depth technical presentations on critical chip and enabling IP such as DDR5, HBM3, PCIe 6.0, GDDR6, LPDDR5, CXL, and MIPI, as well as security solutions including Root of Trust, MACsec and Inline Memory Encryption.
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Featured Speakers
Steven Woo, Fellow and Distinguished Engineer
Steven Woo is a Fellow and Distinguished Inventor at Rambus Inc. Since joining Rambus, Steve has worked in various roles leading architecture, technology, and performance analysis efforts, and in marketing and product planning roles leading strategy and customer programs. Steve has over 30 patents in the areas of memory, memory systems, and neural networks. Steve received his PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and Master of Engineering and BS Engineering degrees from Harvey Mudd College.Steven Woo
Fellow and Distinguished Inventor, Rambus
John Eble, VP, Product Marketing, Rambus
John C. Eble received his B.Cmp.E. (’93), M.S.E.E (’94), and Ph.D. EE (’99) from Georgia Tech. From 1998 to 2001 he worked at Compaq on EV7 high-speed I/O circuits in the Alpha Microprocessor Development Group. He then joined Velio Communications as a circuit designer. In 2003, he joined Rambus Inc. where he has held many engineering and research management roles and specialized in the design of high-speed I/O and next-generation memory interconnect architectures. He has authored over 30 technical publications, 10 patents, and a book chapter. He is currently VP of Product Marketing for Rambus’ memory interconnect chip business unit.
John Eble
VP, Product Marketing, Rambus
Justin Endo, Sales and Marketing Manager, Mixel
As Mixel's marketing manager, Justin Endo oversees marketing strategy and customer engagement, from Mixel's headquarters in San Jose. In this role, he manages Mixel’s exhibition presence at industry events, press releases, white papers and promotes Mixel’s mixed-signal IP portfolio in various industry media. Additionally, Justin serves as MIPI Alliance DevCon committee Chair. He holds a BA, with a double major in Economics and French, from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from The University of Melbourne – Melbourne Business School.Justin Endo
Frank Ferro, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Rambus
Frank Ferro is the senior director of product management at Rambus Inc. responsible for memory interface IP products. Having spent more than 20 years at AT&T, Lucent and Agere Systems, he has extensive experience in wireless communications, networking and consumer electronics fields. Mr. Ferro holds an executive MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, an M.S. in computer science and a B.S.E.T. in electronic engineering technology from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.Frank Ferro
Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Rambus
Matt Jones, Sr. Director and GM of IP Cores, Rambus
Matt Jones is the General Manager for the IP Cores Business Unit at Rambus. He is responsible for development and growth of the company’s interface IP products, driving memory and interconnect architectural innovation in Data Center and Edge Connectivity applications. Before joining Rambus, Matt held various product line management and marketing positions for microprocessor, connectivity and power management products over a twenty-four-year career at IDT, later acquired by Renesas. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University.
Matt Jones
Sr. Director and GM, Rambus IP Cores
Alain Legault, VP IP Products, Hardent
Alain Legault is VP IP Products at Hardent where he is responsible for spearheading the product definition and development of its semiconductor IP portfolio. He has more than 25 years of experience managing multidisciplinary engineering projects and developing video-related semiconductor products. He holds a BSEE from the Polytechnique Montréal.Alain Legault
VP IP Products, Hardent
Malini Narayana Moorthi, Director of Applications Engineer, Rambus IP Cores
Malini Narayana Moorthi is currently the Director of Applications Engineer for the IP Cores team at Rambus, where she joined through the acquisition of Semtech in 2011. She has worked on a number of areas including Customer support, Presales, Quality, Flow improvements etc. Malini has been instrumental in strengthening Rambus IP customer support and relationships through her technical leadership. Prior to Rambus, Malini worked in Synopsys as a lead application engineer. She started off her career at National semiconductors where she worked on building test chips for new technology nodes. Malini has masters from Singapore MIT Alliance and bachelors from RV College of Engineering. Malini is an avid cyclist, tennis player and a proud mother of two kids in her time away from work.Malini Narayana Moorthi
Director of Applications Engineer, Rambus IP Cores
Neeraj Paliwal, VP and GM, Rambus Security
Neeraj is currently the VP and GM at Rambus Security BU, based out of Silicon Valley, CA. He has 20+ years of semiconductors engineering experience in compute and security domains. At Rambus, Neeraj is responsible for the CryptoManager Secure Silicon IP and Provisioning products. Before joining Rambus, Neeraj founded Kryptos Solutions, where he built an ultra-secure endpoint platform for high-risk government applications. Prior to that, Neeraj was the VP of Engineering at NXP Semiconductors, responsible for major OEM design-win for NXP’s NFC based secure payment platform. Neeraj also held various engineering positions at IBM and Intel working on gaming processors, and CPU products.
Neeraj graduated with a Master of Technology degree in Solid State Materials from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India. He attended the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University, California.
Neeraj Paliwal
Joe Rodriguez, Product Marketing Manager, Rambus
Joe Rodriguez is a Product Marketing Manager with the Rambus Controller Group. He is an expert at Memory IP and MIPI controller IP for Enterprise, Cloud, Networking, IoT, AI and Mobile applications. Before joining Rambus, Joe held Product and Technical Marketing Management positions at the Mentor Graphics Design Verification Division. Prior to that, he was an expert in emulation as a Field Engineer for Cadence Design Systems and a Modeling Engineer at Synopsys.
Joe Rodriguez
Product Marketing Manager, Rambus
Vinitha Seevaratnam, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Rambus
Vinitha Seevaratnam is the Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Rambus, an IP Core provider specializing in Memory, PCI Express and MIPI controller cores. Vinitha’s primary focus during her 20+ year career has been in semiconductor and communication/storage product segments. Her 14+ years has been with Rambus (formerly Northwest Logic). Prior to Rambus, Vinitha worked at Northwest Logic, Thomson Grass Valley, Tektronix, Inc., and Mentor Graphics. She has a B.S. from University of Washington in Electrical Engineering.Vinitha Seevaratnam
Ed Sperling, Editor in Chief, Semiconductor Engineering
Ed Sperling is the editor in chief of Semiconductor Engineering. He is a technology industry veteran and frequent moderator and speaker in Silicon Valley. Sperling is a former contributing editor at Forbes, and former editor in chief of Electronic News and Electronic Business. Prior to that he held top editorial positions at Ziff-Davis and CMP Publications.
Ed Sperling
Editor in Chief, Semiconductor Engineering
Bart Stevens, Sr. Director of Product Management, Rambus Security
Bart Stevens is senior director of product management for Rambus Security. He is an expert on embedded security for Enterprise, Cloud, Automotive, Networking, Wireless, IoT and Mobile applications. Before joining Rambus, Bart held positions at Inside Secure as Vice President of silicon IP and secure communication, and as Director of product management, with responsibility for security chip and silicon IP products. Prior to those roles, Bart managed SafeNet’s OEM networking and wireless HW research and development teams. He has also held product and engineering management roles at Securealink and Philips Semiconductors in the Netherlands. He began his career as an ASIC designer.Bart Stevens
Sr. Director of Product Management, Rambus
Gijs Willemse, Sr. Director of Product Management, Rambus
Gijs is senior director of product management for Rambus Security. Gijs has been working in the Security IP business for over 18 years. In various roles, he has always engaged directly with many of the tear 1 SoC manufacturers, securing their assets and protecting their products from vulnerabilities in the field. His roots are in the high-speed networking IPs deployed in modern data centers and 5G networks. With Rambus, its security IPs, small footprint consumer devices to high end/high speed server products are secured through their complete lifecycle. Gijs has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Information Technology) from the Technical University in Eindhoven and he holds several patents.Gijs Willemse
Joe Gow, Senior Director, Product Management, Rambus
Joe Gow is the Senior Director of the Secure Provisioning and Cloud Security Services businesses for Rambus Security. In this role, Joe is responsible for defining and delivering innovative security solutions that address the factory provisioning needs of semiconductor and OEM companies that enable chips and devices to be trusted throughout their lifetime, helping to ensure the integrity of the semiconductor supply chain. These manufacturing security solutions are supported by cloud-based key and certificate management services that enable OEMs and managed service providers (MSPs) to leverage this trust to manage the identity and security of connected things. Prior to Rambus, Joe has held product and business management leadership roles with leading enterprise security software and cloud security companies including Symantec, GuardienEdge, Avaya, Websense, and Elemental Security.
Joe Gow
Sr. Director, Product Management, Rambus
Phani Paladugu, Director, Field Applications Engineering, Rambus
Phani Paladugu is Director of Field Application Engineering at Rambus, responsible for interface and memory IP cores. Before joining Rambus, Phani was a Senior Manager, Interface IP applications at Cadence. Prior to this role, he spent more than 10 years at Aricent, ST Microelectronics and has extensive experience in designing high speed interfaces for ethernet, storage, networking and automotive applications. Phani holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.
Phani Paladugu
Director, Field Applications Engineering, Rambus
Shane Rau, Research Vice President, Computing Semiconductors, IDC
Shane Rau leads IDC's computing semiconductor research within IDC's Enabling Technologies team. Mr. Rau's research covers microprocessors and SoCs, discrete graphics processors (GPUs), FPGAs, and artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators in systems across the internet, including in the data center, in PCs, and at the edge, such as embedded and intelligent systems.
Mr. Rau provides in-depth insight and intelligence on market sizing, forecasting, technology trends, vendors, pricing trends, and market share. Through collaboration with PC, server and embedded systems analysts colleagues, Mr. Rau spearheads IDC research initiatives into system supply chains, technologies and interface attach rates, as well as into the changing semiconductor vendor market power dynamics.
Shane Rau
Research Vice President, Computing Semiconductors, IDC
Agenda + Abstracts
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00am | Keynote: Advancing Computing in the Accelerator Age Speaker: Steven Woo, Fellow and Distinguished Inventor, Rambus All Interface IP Security IP |
| 10:00am | Memory Bandwidth for AI/ML Races Higher with HBM3 Speaker: Frank Ferro, Senior Director of Product Management, Interface IP, Rambus Interface IP |
| 10:00am | Securing Data Center AI/ML Workloads Beyond Secure Boot and Authentication Speaker: Bart Stevens, Senior Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Security IP |
| 10:30am | Implementing CXL™ 2.0 Interconnect Solutions Speakers: Arjun Bangre, Director of Product Marketing, Interface IP, Rambus Interface IP |
| 10:30am | Security Solutions for a World of IoT Devices Speakers: Marcel Van Loon, Senior Principal Engineer Systems Architecture, Security IP, Rambus Security IP |
| 11:00am | GDDR6 Memory Enables High-Performance Inferencing Speaker: Frank Ferro, Senior Director of Product Management, Interface IP, Rambus Interface IP |
| 11:00am | Hardware Security: Ask Me Anything Speakers: Scott Best, Senior Technical Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: Whether it’s security technology trends, the latest cyberthreats, implementation issues or anything in between, our security experts are ready to tackle your questions in this Ask Me Anything session. Security IP |
| 11:30am | Accelerating Data Interconnects with PCI Express™ 6.0 & 5.0 Interface IP Speaker: Arjun Bangre, Director of Product Marketing, Interface IP, Rambus Interface IP |
| 12:00pm | LPDDR5 Delivers High Bandwidth for a Growing Range of Applications Speakers: Brian Daellenbach, Senior Director of Digital Controllers, Interface IP, Rambus Interface IP |
| 12:00pm | Securing Data in Motion with Hardware Security Engines Speaker: Gijs Willemse, Senior Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Security IP |
| 12:30pm | High-Speed Interface Solutions for 5G Speaker: Frank Ferro, Senior Director of Product Management, Interface IP, Rambus Interface IP |
| 12:30pm | The Growing Importance of Network Security at Full Line-rate with IPsec and MACsec Speaker: Maxim Demchenko, Technical Director, Security IP, Rambus Security IP |
| 1:00pm | High-Performance Memory: Ask Me Anything Speakers: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus Abstract: With high-performance memory experts covering architecture, chips and IP, we’re looking forward to your questions. Please join us for this Ask Me Anything session to get the latest on technology and trends for the world’s highest bandwidth memory solutions including DDR5, HBM3 and GDDR6. Interface IP |
| 1:00pm | Building Trust Through Certification of Security Solutions Speaker: Stuart Kincaid, Senior Manager System Architecture, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: Certification is increasingly important across many vertical markets and, as systems become more integrated, across sectors. It is critical to trust the products you deploy and that they comply with international standards. Certification is a recognised and established methodology, and Stuart Kincaid will discuss the importance and methods of certifying security solutions to meet the increasing demand for trust. Security IP |
| 1:30pm | Securing the Semiconductor Supply Chain with Silicon Provisioning and Cloud Key Management Speaker: Joseph Gow, Senior Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: The semiconductor industry is the lifeblood of the digital economy. The design, manufacturing and consumption of chips is a global ecosystem, and competition is fierce as scaling and cost reductions based on Moore’s law are diminishing. Counterfeit and other unauthorized chips create real risks in areas of reliability, functionality, performance and safety. Joseph Gow will discuss how semiconductor companies can protect their IP and business by securely provisioning silicon, and the means to provide the ecosystem-wide capabilities needed to verify the identity and provenance of semiconductor devices. Security IP |
| 2:00pm | MIPI® Sensor Solutions for Autonomous Driving Speakers: Joe Rodriguez, Product Marketing Manager Digital Controllers, Interface IP, Rambus Abstract: Sensors drive the algorithms that interpret the data enabling ADAS driving systems. High bandwidth global shutter cameras, and low-latency, low-power radar, lidar and sonar sensors’ streaming data leverage MIPI CSI-2® technologies to meet challenging design requirements. This session will discuss how highly configurable MIPI CSI-2 based PHY and Controller sub-system solutions can be tailored to address the needs of autonomous driving. Example customer use cases will illustrate the implementation of these MIPI CSI-2 solutions. Interface IP |
| 2:00pm | Memory Encryption Solutions for Protecting Data in Use Speakers: Scott Best, Senior Technical Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Security IP |
| 2:30pm | DDR5 Memory Enables Next-Generation Servers Speaker: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus Interface IP |
| 2:30pm | Automotive Security: Navigating the Intersection of Safety and Security Speaker: Thierry Kouthon, Principal Engineer, Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: Vehicle systems and the semiconductors used within them are some of the most complex electronics seen today. Ensuring these systems are both functionally safe and secure from cyberattacks is mission critical. Join us for this presentation where Thierry Kouthon of Rambus, and Ann Keffer of Siemens EDA will discuss hardware solutions for securing automotive electronics and how functional safety tools from Siemens can help ensure these solutions meet the requirements of ISO 26262. Security IP |
| 3:00pm | Data Center Roundtable: The Future of the Data Center SpeakerS: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus Abstract: The world’s connectivity continues to increase, and the importance of digital data continues to grow. The unprecedented rise in data volumes is matched in importance by the value being extracted from this data. Server and data center architectures are evolving in response to the growing volume and importance of digital data, and greater intelligence is moving to the edge of the network and to the end points themselves. Our Rambus panel of technology experts will discuss the trends and challenges for future data centers in moving data faster and safer. All Interface IP Security IP |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00am | Keynote: Advancing Computing in the Accelerator Age Speaker: Steven Woo, Fellow and Distinguished Inventor, Rambus |
| 10:00am | Memory Bandwidth for AI/ML Races Higher with HBM3 Speaker: Frank Ferro, Senior Director of Product Management, Interface IP, Rambus |
| 10:30am | Implementing CXL™ 2.0 Interconnect Solutions Speakers: Arjun Bangre, Director of Product Marketing, Interface IP, Rambus |
| 11:00am | GDDR6 Memory Enables High-Performance Inferencing Speaker: Frank Ferro, Senior Director of Product Management, Interface IP, Rambus |
| 11:30am | Accelerating Data Interconnects with PCI Express™ 6.0 & 5.0 Interface IP Speaker: Arjun Bangre, Director of Product Marketing, Interface IP, Rambus |
| 12:00pm | LPDDR5 Delivers High Bandwidth for a Growing Range of Applications Speakers: Brian Daellenbach, Senior Director of Digital Controllers, Interface IP, Rambus |
| 12:30pm | High-Speed Interface Solutions for 5G Speaker: Frank Ferro, Senior Director of Product Management, Interface IP, Rambus |
| 1:00pm | High-Performance Memory: Ask Me Anything Speaker: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus Abstract: With high-performance memory experts covering architecture, chips and IP, we’re looking forward to your questions. Please join us for this Ask Me Anything session to get the latest on technology and trends for the world’s highest bandwidth memory solutions including DDR5, HBM3 and GDDR6. |
| 2:00pm | MIPI® Sensor Solutions for Autonomous Driving Speakers: Joe Rodriguez, Product Marketing Manager Digital Controllers, Interface IP, Rambus Abstract: Sensors drive the algorithms that interpret the data enabling ADAS driving systems. High bandwidth global shutter cameras, and low-latency, low-power radar, lidar and sonar sensors’ streaming data leverage MIPI CSI-2® technologies to meet challenging design requirements. This session will discuss how highly configurable MIPI CSI-2 based PHY and Controller sub-system solutions can be tailored to address the needs of autonomous driving. Example customer use cases will illustrate the implementation of these MIPI CSI-2 solutions. |
| 2:30pm | DDR5 Memory Enables Next-Generation Servers Speaker: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus |
| 3:00pm | Data Center Roundtable: The Future of the Data Center Speaker: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus Abstract: The world’s connectivity continues to increase, and the importance of digital data continues to grow. The unprecedented rise in data volumes is matched in importance by the value being extracted from this data. Server and data center architectures are evolving in response to the growing volume and importance of digital data, and greater intelligence is moving to the edge of the network and to the end points themselves. Our Rambus panel of technology experts will discuss the trends and challenges for future data centers in moving data faster and safer. |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00am | Keynote: Advancing Computing in the Accelerator Age Speaker: Steven Woo, Fellow and Distinguished Inventor, Rambus |
| 10:00am | Securing Data Center AI/ML Workloads Beyond Secure Boot and Authentication Speaker: Bart Stevens, Senior Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus |
| 10:30am | Security Solutions for a World of IoT Devices Speakers: Marcel Van Loon, Senior Principal Engineer Systems Architecture, Security IP, Rambus |
| 11:00am | Hardware Security: Ask Me Anything Speaker: Scott Best, Senior Technical Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: Whether it’s security technology trends, the latest cyberthreats, implementation issues or anything in between, our security experts are ready to tackle your questions in this Ask Me Anything session. |
| 12:00pm | Securing Data in Motion with Hardware Security Engines Speaker: Gijs Willemse, Senior Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus |
| 12:30pm | The Growing Importance of Network Security at Full Line-rate with IPsec and MACsec Speaker: Maxim Demchenko, Technical Director, Security IP, Rambus |
| 1:00pm | Building Trust Through Certification of Security Solutions Speaker: Stuart Kincaid, Senior Manager System Architecture, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: Certification is increasingly important across many vertical markets and, as systems become more integrated, across sectors. It is critical to trust the products you deploy and that they comply with international standards. Certification is a recognised and established methodology, and Stuart Kincaid will discuss the importance and methods of certifying security solutions to meet the increasing demand for trust. |
| 1:30pm | Securing the Semiconductor Supply Chain with Silicon Provisioning and Cloud Key Management Speaker: Joseph Gow, Senior Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: The semiconductor industry is the lifeblood of the digital economy. The design, manufacturing and consumption of chips is a global ecosystem, and competition is fierce as scaling and cost reductions based on Moore’s law are diminishing. Counterfeit and other unauthorized chips create real risks in areas of reliability, functionality, performance and safety. Joseph Gow will discuss how semiconductor companies can protect their IP and business by securely provisioning silicon, and the means to provide the ecosystem-wide capabilities needed to verify the identity and provenance of semiconductor devices. |
| 2:00pm | Memory Encryption Solutions for Protecting Data in Use Speakers: Scott Best, Senior Technical Director of Product Management, Security IP, Rambus |
| 2:30pm | Automotive Security: Navigating the Intersection of Safety and Security Speaker: Thierry Kouthon, Principal Engineer, Product Management, Security IP, Rambus Abstract: Vehicle systems and the semiconductors used within them are some of the most complex electronics seen today. Ensuring these systems are both functionally safe and secure from cyberattacks is mission critical. Join us for this presentation where Thierry Kouthon of Rambus, and Ann Keffer of Siemens EDA will discuss hardware solutions for securing automotive electronics and how functional safety tools from Siemens can help ensure these solutions meet the requirements of ISO 26262. |
| 3:00pm | Data Center Roundtable: The Future of the Data Center Speaker: John Eble, Vice President of Product Marketing, Memory Interface Chips, Rambus Abstract: The world’s connectivity continues to increase, and the importance of digital data continues to grow. The unprecedented rise in data volumes is matched in importance by the value being extracted from this data. Server and data center architectures are evolving in response to the growing volume and importance of digital data, and greater intelligence is moving to the edge of the network and to the end points themselves. Our Rambus panel of technology experts will discuss the trends and challenges for future data centers in moving data faster and safer. |
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