Welcome address from Chair On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to cordially invite you to attend the 2006 Symposium on VLSI Technology, which will be held on June 13 – 15 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The VLSI Symposium has long been recognized as one of the premiere technical conferences for semiconductor microelectronics, offering an Robert Havemann 2006 Symposium Chair Welcome address from Chair On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a hearty invitation to you to attend the 2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits that will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Symposium alternates between Hawaii and Kyoto; last year’s symposium in Kyoto was a tremendous success and the largest Bruce Gieseke 2006 Symposium Chair