In the interest of preserving history, I'll list their picks here.
I always thought it curious that Apple supposedly pulled off such an ambitious chip with their first major in-house development. Pundits assumed that it was done with the help of Apple's P.A. Semi acquisition, but P.A. Semi had been focusing on the "Power" architecture, not ARM.
I love technology history more than the average person, but I am dumb-founded that with all the software engineering development, object-oriented design, and graphical user interface work that's happened over the decades, we are relying on a language designed before many practicing engineers were born! (People may complain about Verilog HDL's crustiness, but it's "only" 25 years old.)
Though software engineering is not my principal occupation, I do enjoy programming and languages. I know "C" well enough to quickly shoot myself in the foot, but think Java is a far more elegant language. It's sort of like I've heard that Python is a better scripting language, but everyone still uses Perl.
Anyone have explanations for why "C" remains so popular? Isn't this a significant reason why computers have so many security holes? When you hear about "buffer overrun" and "malicious code execution", think "C" pointers! I can see using "C" for embedded systems if resources are very limited, but otherwise, I'm truly surprised by this survey.
The conference featured record attendance (over 2,100) and a good balance of user papers on verification, implementation, signoff, and low-power design.
