Functional Safety at the Edge

The seminar will be given by Riccardo Locatelli, PhD, Functional Safety Architect, Intel Corporation, as part of the course "Reliable Data Processing and Storage for Intelligent Systems M."

  • Date: 24 May 2024 from 10:30 to 11:30

  • Event location: Room 4.2, viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna

  • Access Details: Free admission

About the speaker

Riccardo is with Intel Corporation since 2017 in the role of Functional Safety technical lead and engineering manager. He defines innovative FuSa architectures and he is in charge of HW/SW safety capabilities plumbed into the Intel SoC that address FuSa edge markets. In his previous role at STMicroelectronics he has been pioneering the Network on Chip concept designing and introducing the ST proprietary NoC solution into several chips. Riccardo received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering, and the related PhD degree from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2000 and 2004, respectively.

Abstract

What is Functional Safety? Why it is a key technology for edge computing? This talk will address these questions by first reviewing current edge markets that require Functional Safety, then discussing future applications such as Digital Twin and Industrial Metaverse. FuSa key principles and definitions, examples and architectural solution are presented.