5th International Symposium on QUALITY ELECTRONIC DESIGN March 22-24, 2004 DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose, CA, USA http://www.isqed.org You are cordially invited to register in ISQED04, the leading international conference dealing with the design for manufacturability and quality issues front-to-back. The conference spans three days, Monday through Wednesday, in three parallel tracks, hosting near 100 technical presentations, six keynote speakers, two panel discussions, workshops /tutorials and other informal meetings. We encourage you to register in advance to take advantage of the discounted registration fee. REGISTRATION ------------ Please refer to ISQED web site at www.isqed.org for information regarding the tutorials, conference, tutorials, and hotel registration. Direct all conference inquiries to . Early registration is recommended to take advantage of the discounted registration fee. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ===================== TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS ------------------- ISQED 2004 offers a single full-day tutorial track focusing on a range of critical issues in circuit design at sub-100nm CMOS. We are pleased to have five noted experts in their respective fields (Manufacturability, Variability/Uncertainty, Advanced Devices, Low-Power Design, and Interconnect Modeling/Analysis) to present the latest research in these compelling areas as follows: Nanometer-Scale CMOS Devices Kerry Bernstein, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Interconnect Modeling Professor Jeff Davis, Georgia Tech Manufacturability Professor Andrew B. Kahng, University of California, San Diego Low-Power Design Professor Kaushik Roy, Purdue University Coping with Uncertainty Nagib Hakim, Intel Corporation PLENARY SESSIONS ---------------- Two plenary sessions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Six industry & academia leaders will discuss the issues surrounding manufacturability and electronic design from various points of view. Plenary keynote speakers are: John Chilton, Sr. VP and General Manager, Synopsys, Inc. Marc Levitt, VP and General Manager, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Larry Bock, CEO, Nanosys Inc. Hiroto Yasuura , System Research Center, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Pierre G. Paulin, Director, SoC Platform Automation, STMicroelectronics, Canada Krishna Saraswat, Rickey/Nielsen Professor of Engineering, Stanford University PANEL DISCUSSIONS ----------------- ISQED is pleased to offer two high-power evening panel discussion sessions, where many leading experts, address the important issue of quality design. These panels would focus on the following topics: 1 DFM PDK's: Where do they belong to? Are Process Design Kit (PDKs) the answer for modern Design For Manufacturing (DFM)? 2 IP Industry: Nordstrom or K-Mart? The Trend Toward Tighter Relationships Between Suppliers and Users LUNCHEON SPEECH --------------- The IP Quality Revolution Michael Keating, Synopsys TECHNICAL SESSIONS ------------------ ISQED Technical sessions start on Tuesday March 23, and continue until the afternoon of Wednesday, March 24. Besides the above plenary sessions, panel discussions, and workshops, the program consists of seventeen technical sessions, featuring up to 80 papers on various challenging topics related to design for manufacturability and quality. A list of topics includes: v EDA Tools & IP Blocks; Interoperability and Implications (EDA) v Design for Manufacturability & Quality (DFMQ) v Design Verification and Design for Testability (DVFT) v Package - IC Design Interactions & Co-Design (PDI) v Robust Device, Interconnect, and Circuits (RDIC) v Physical Design, Methodologies & Tools (PDM) v Effects of Technology on IC Design, Performance, Reliability, and Yield (TRD) REGISTRATION ------------ Please refer to ISQED web site at www.isqed.org for information regarding the tutorials, conference, tutorials, and hotel registration. Direct all conference inquiries to . Early registration is recommended to take advantage of the discounted registration fee. About ISQED ----------- The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), is a premier Design & Design Automation conference, aimed at bridging the gap between and integration of, electronic design tools and processes, integrated circuit technologies, processes & manufacturing, to achieve design quality. ISQED is the pioneer and leading conference dealing with design for manufacturability and quality issues front-to-back. The conference provides a forum to present and exchange ideas and to promote the research, development, and application of design techniques & methods, design processes, and EDA design methodologies and tools that address issues which impact the quality of the realization of designs into physical integrated circuits. The conference attendees are primarily designers of the VLSI circuits & systems (IP & SoC), those involved in the research, development, and application of EDA/CAD Tools & design flows, process/device technologists, and semiconductor manufacturing specialists including equipment vendors. ISQED emphasizes a holistic approach toward design quality and intends to highlight and accelerate cooperation among the IC Design, EDA, Semiconductor Process Technology and Manufacturing communities.
