Name: Sponsored Panel: If AI Can Write Drivers, Why Do We Need Zephyr and Should We Make Zephyr AI Ready? Moderated by Andrei Aldea & Khasim Syed Mohammed, Texas Instruments Inc
Start: 2026-10-07T16:30:00+0200
End: 2026-10-07T17:10:00+0200

7-9 October, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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Sponsored Panel: If AI Can Write Drivers, Why Do We Need Zephyr and Should We Make Zephyr AI Ready? Moderated by Andrei Aldea & Khasim Syed Mohammed, Texas Instruments Inc

Wednesday October 7, 2026 16:30 - 17:10 CEST

South Hall 2 A (Floor 2)

Generative AI is rapidly changing the way embedded software is developed. Today, developers can ask AI tools to generate peripheral drivers, board support packages, device tree overlays, test cases, and even complete application examples in seconds. As the cost of writing code continues to fall, it raises an important question for the Zephyr community: what role does Zephyr play in a world where AI can generate much of the software stack?

Is Zephyr primarily a collection of drivers and APIs, or is its real value found in standardization, portability, maintainability, testing, community collaboration, and long-term ecosystem support? As AI-generated code becomes commonplace, does the importance of an open-source framework like Zephyr diminish—or become even more critical?

This panel brings together developers, maintainers, silicon vendors, and product teams to explore how AI is reshaping embedded software development. We will discuss the evolving relationship between AI-assisted coding and open-source frameworks, examine what remains difficult after code generation becomes easy, and debate which skills future embedded engineers should focus on developing.

Join us for a lively discussion on the future of embedded systems and whether Zephyr's greatest contribution is no longer the code it contains, but the platform, ecosystem, and community it enables.

Moderators

Andrei Aldea

Sitara Processors Community & Ecosystem, Texas Instruments

Khasim Syed Mohammed

Director of Engineering, Texas Instruments

Khasim Syed Mohammed having more than two decades of experience with Open source software is a consistent contributor to various initiatives and projects in open source eco-system. Khasim has contributed to various Linux device drivers and Yocto project for Arm platforms, he is co-founder... Read More →

Speakers

Jimmy Lalande

Embedded Architect, Schneider Electric

Parthiban

Director of Engineering, Linumiz

With over 14 years of experience in software engineering, Parthiban founded Linumiz, a company that provides domain-neutral software services for U-Boot, Linux, and Zephyr, ranging from board bringup, board supported package, customization, device drivers, to over the air software... Read More →

Lenka Kosková Třísková

Embedded software specialist, teacher, researcher, Technical University of Liberec.

Lenka is an embedded software developer with a long history in the automotive and avionics industries. She has worked as a software specialist and requirements engineer for STMicroelectronics, Skoda Auto, and Hood GmbH. She teaches and runs several research projects at the Technical... Read More →

Peder Rand

Director Ecosystem Partnerships, Standard Alliances and Technology Strategy - Connectivity, Texas Instruments

Benjamin Cabé

Developer Advocate, The Zephyr Project, Linux Foundation

Benjamin Cabé is a technology enthusiast with a passion for empowering developers to build innovative solutions.

He has invented an award-winning open source and open hardware artificial nose that he likes to use as an educational platform for people interested in diving into t... Read More →

Wednesday October 7, 2026 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
South Hall 2 A (Floor 2)

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