FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics In Cooperation with the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Hilton Hawaiian Village Honolulu, Hawaii USA June 17 - 19, 2008 The 2008 Symposium on VLSI Technology welcomes submission of papers on all aspects of VLSI technology. The scope of the symposium is: - new concepts and breakthroughs in VLSI devices and processes - new functional devices including quantum effect devices with possible VLSI implementation - materials innovation for MOSFET and interconnect in VLSI - advanced lithography and fine patterning technologies for high density VLSI - process/device modeling of VLSI devices - packaging and reliability of VLSI devices - theories and fundamentals related to the above devices - new concepts and technologies for VLSI manufacturing SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors must submit papers in the format of two pages of camera-ready copy to: http://www.vlsisymposium.org/author.html Hard copy submissions will NOT be accepted. Those interested in submitting papers should access the above page. The papers are to be submitted in final form and, if accepted, will be published as submitted. To improve the probability for acceptance of a submitted paper, the paper should describe original work with specific results from experiments or simulations. The technical content of the paper must not be announced or published prior to the Symposium. Submissions from universities are encouraged. Partial travel expense support for students who are presenting papers is available upon request. BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD The selection will be based upon the quality of the written paper and the presentation. The student who receives the Best Student Paper Award will receive a monetary award and a certificate at the opening session of the 2009 Symposium. The student must be the leading author and presenter of the paper, and must indicate in the web submission form that this is a student paper in order to be considered for this award. Paper Submission Deadline is 17:00, January 7, 2008 (EST) INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION Prospective attendees can obtain further information and forms for Symposium registration and hotel reservations by contacting their respective secretariats. VLSI TECHNOLOGY SHORT COURSE A one-day short course will be held on June 16, 2008. Details will be given in the VLSI Technology Symposium Advance Program, which will be issued toward the end of March, 2008. SATELLITE WORKSHOP 2008 Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop will be held on June 15-16, 2008 as a satellite workshop at the same location. Following this Symposium, the 2008 Symposium on VLSI Circuits will be held at the same location. Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (USA) c/o Widerkehr and Associates. 19803 Laurel Valley Place Montgomery Village MD 20886, USA Tel: +301-527-0900 ext. 103 Fax: +301-527-0994 E-mail:vlsi@vlsisymposium.org Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (Japan) c/o ICS Convention Design, Inc. 3-24, Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 101-8499, Japan Tel: +81-3-3219-3541 Fax: +81-3-3292-1811 E-mail: vlsisymp@ics-inc.co.jp