Places November 17, 2004 December's almost here, and so is IEDM ... ** Cadence Design Systems Forums - The first, "Making the Low-Power Design Chain a Reality," was co-sponsored with the FSA and happened November 11th at the 2004 FSA Suppliers Expo Taiwan. The second forum - "How Does the Design Chain Need to Reconfigure Itself to Address the Manufacturing Challenges of the Nanometer Era?" - will be held during the Cadence Partners Event on December 2nd, in San Jose. Organizers say that discussion will center on "how significantly increasing complexity has severely hindered the ability to effectively develop, integrate, and ramp new technology nodes, as experienced at 130 nanometers. Design and photomask costs are skyrocketing and are dramatically affecting the business model for lower-volume ASICs and SoCs. The disaggregated design chain must invest in new, more integrated solutions, form strategic alliances to increase collaboration, and reintegrate to enable customer success at advanced processes." Pretty weighty stuff. ( www.cadence.com.)
This year's Chair says: "On behalf of the IEDM Committee, I would like to welcome you to the 2004 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting. This marks our 50th annual conference for IEDM, and in recognition of this exciting occasion, a special reception and historical poster session will be held on Monday evening. In addition, all of the conference attendees will receive a DVD containing the technical digest contents from the past 50 years. This impressive collection of material illustrates well the pivotal role IEDM has played as the leading forum for the presentation of research and development in the area of electron devices and their applications over the past half century." "It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm welcome to everyone attending the 2004 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, and helping to celebrate our 50th year." Jeffrey Welser If you're interested in science and engineering, and the ideas and people that span the two, you should be regsitering even as we speak! |