Monday 9th April 2001
Introduction 9:40 - 10:00 Conference Chairman: Steven Harris Cirrus Logic
Session 1: Silicon Users Perspective 10:00 - 11:00 Chairman: Chris Sleight Sony BPE
Integrated audio parts in professional system design	Robin Caine Pro-Bel, UK
Audio integrated circuits – experiences and desires from a consumer equipment designer's perspective	John Dawson ARCAM, UK
COFFEE 11:00 - 11:30
Session 2: System Architecture and Interconnection 11:30 - 13:00 Chairman: Chris Travis Sonopsis
Rationalising consumer audio – the perspective from a fabless startup	Martin Brennan Global Silicon, UK
Imagination Technologies' approach to cost-effective digital audio systems	David Knox Imagination Technologies, UK
AV synchronization using PES over I2S interface	Miroslav Dokic, Sanjay Joshi, Vladimir Mesarovic and Raghunath Rao Cirrus Logic, USA
LUNCH 13:00 - 14:30
Session 3: A/D and D/A Converters (1) 14:30 - 15:30 Chairman: Kendall Castor-Perry Texas Instruments
Low voltage, low power, converter design for portable audio applications	Brian Trotter, John Tucker & Jason Rhode Cirrus Logic, USA
Surround sound audio DAC	Niall Guinness Analog Devices, Ireland
TEA 15:30 - 16:00
Session 4: Software Development 16:00 - 17:00 Chairman: Steven Harris Cirrus Logic
A co-simulation tool for behavioural & DSP implementation level design	Andrew Barth Motorola, UK
Software architectures for audio silicon	Leslie Jensen-Link Momentum Data Systems, UK
LONDON EYE VISIT (optional) 18:30-19:30
Tuesday 10th April 2001
Session 5: DSP System Design 9:30 - 11:00 Chairman: Chris Sleight Sony BPE
A low-cost, high-performance, digital audio processing system	Rusty Allred and Mike J Tsecouras Texas Instruments, USA
Optimising silicon design for real audio applications	Chris Bore Momentum Data Systems, UK
DSP or ASIC? Making the choice for a large-scale project	Rod Densham Sony BPE, UK
COFFEE 11:00 - 11:30
Session 6: A/D and D/A Converters (2) 11:30 - 12:30 Chairman: Kendall Castor-Perry Texas Instruments
A 126dB dynamic range current-mode advanced segmented DAC	Norio Terada and Shige Nakao Texas Instruments, Japan
Design and evaluation of an audio DAC with non-uniformly weighted dynamic element matching	Julian Hayes Wolfson Microelectronics, UK
LUNCH 12:30 - 14:00
Session 7: Amplifiers, Switching and Linear 14:00 - 15:30 Chairman: Steven Harris Cirrus Logic
A low cost, all-SMD chip-set for high-performance true digital audio power amplification	Ken Bell, Lars Risbo & Kendall Castor-Perry Texas Instruments, UK
Low THD+N, power audio DAC using PWM technology	Franky Fei, Eric Walburger & Johann Gaboriau Cirrus Logic, USA
An improved microphone preamplifier integrated circuit	Fred Floru THAT Corporation, USA
TEA 15:30 - 16:00
Session 8: Algorithm Implementation 16:00 - 17:00 Chairman: Chris Travis Sonopsis
Optimized Huffman decoding for AAC	Vladimir Mesarovic, Raghunath Rao and Miroslav Dokic Cirrus Logic, USA
Audio decompression using 32-Bit RISC CPU versus traditional DSP	Marc Bringmann ARM, UK
Closing Remarks from Conference Chairman
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