2008 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS


Embedded Memory Design Short Course

Tuesday, June 17, Honolulu I


Organizers/Chairs:

John Barth, IBM
Masao Ito, Renesas Technology Corporation


8:10 a.m.

Introduction
8:15 a.m. Embedded Memory Overview (and DRAM)
S. Natarajan, TSMC Design Technology Canada
9:25 a.m. Static RAM
M. Yamaoka, Hitachi, Ltd.
10:35 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Floating Body RAM
T. Ohsawa, Toshiba Corp.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Phase Change RAM
C. Lam, IBM
2:40 p.m. Break
2:55 p.m. Flash
R. Kakoschke, Infineon
4:05 p.m. Built in Self Test
D. Weiss, AMD
5:15 p.m. Conclusion
M. Ito, Renesas Technology Corp.



Embedded Power Management Circuits
and Systems Short Course


Tuesday, June 17, Honolulu II


Organizers/Chairs:

Tom Kwan, Broadcom Corp.
Koichi Nose, NEC Corp.


8:10 a.m.

Introduction
T. Kwan, Broadcom Corp.
8:15 a.m. Overview of Embedded Power Management Circuits and Systems in SoC's
D. Anderson, National Semiconductor Corp.
9:25 a.m. Integrated Power Management for Mobile SoC's
D. Ho, Broadcom Corp.
10:35 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Circuit Design for Power Management Building Blocks
W.-H. Ki, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Thermal Management of High-Performance Processors
E. Miranda, Analog Devices Corp.
2:40 p.m. Break
2:55 p.m. Power Management at the System/Architecture/Circuit Level
M. Nomura, NEC
4:05 p.m. Dynamic Power/Thermal Management in High Performance Processors; Examples and Opportunities S. Nafziger, AMD
5:15 p.m. Speaker Interview Session


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