End-to-end timing is one of the most critical yet frequently underestimated aspects of modern embedded systems. In many projects, latency and deadline violations are discovered far too late—often during integration—when architectural flaws are expensive or impossible to fix.

This talk demonstrates how end-to-end latency can be treated as a first-class design parameter from the very beginning of development. Using real-world examples, we explore how early system modeling, scenario-based timing simulation, and architecture-level analysis reveal hidden bottlenecks long before hardware or software exists.

We also show how simulation results align with measurements taken during integration and testing.

Attendees will learn practical methods for ensuring timing correctness across complex single-core, multicore, and distributed architectures—reducing risk, shortening development cycles, and increasing system reliability.