SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Sponsored by
the Japan Society of Applied Physics and the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
In Cooperation with the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
and the IEEE Electron Devices Society

2007 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS

"20th Anniversary"


Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
June 14 - 16, 2007



The 2007 Symposium on VLSI Circuits will provide the designers of integrated circuits an opportunity to meet and present important new work at an international forum. The three day Symposium will continue the successful format and atmosphere established by the previous meetings, and partially overlap the 2007 Symposium on VLSI Technology, which is being held at the same hotel.

The scope of the Symposium covers all aspects of VLSI circuits, such as:

- digital circuits and systems: such as architectures, low-power, processors, ASIC, FPGAs, etc.
- analog and mixed signal circuits: such as A/D and D/A converters, amplifiers, filters, RF,
interface circuits, etc.
- memory circuits: such as static memory, non-volatile memory, cache memory, dynamic memory,
and new concepts in memories based on quantum mechanics effects, magnetism, polymers, etc.
- system architecture, circuits and building blocks for wireless and wireline, multi-media, and
networking applications
- circuits, functional blocks using quantum dots, MEMS, sensors, etc.
- fundamentals related to the above, including design automation tools, innovative circuits and
device structures

The emphasis will be on VLSI circuits. In addition to papers addressing transistor-level circuits, the conference also welcomes submissions addressing large-scale system level concerns as they affect circuits, including system architecture, system-to-device interaction in digital design, and the impact of technology scaling on performance, area and power of complex SoCs. Papers will be considered on the basis of originality and quality. Implementation in a semiconductor chip and measured results are not mandatory. They are required only when feasibility of the presented circuit is not clear by simulations alone, as in the case for most analog submissions. It is understood that papers in new areas are likely to contain less quantitative evaluations than those in more established areas.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Prospective authors must submit papers in the format of two pages of camera-ready copy to:
/20web/author.html

Please note that a postal submission in hard copy will NOT be accepted.

Those interested in submitting papers should access the above page: Detailed intructions has been updated. 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 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 2008 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 10, 2007 (JST)

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Prospective attendees can obtain further information and forms for Symposium registration and hotel reservations by contacting their respective secretariats.

VLSI CIRCUITS SHORT COURSE / WORKSHOP
Short Course and Workshop will be held on June 13, 2007. Details will be given in the VLSI Circuits Symposium Advance Program, which will be issued toward the end of March, 2007.

Preceding this Symposium, the 2007 Symposium on VLSI Technology
will be held at the same location.

Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (Japan)
c/o ICS Convention Design, Inc.
Sumitomo Corp., Jinbocho Bldg.
3-24, Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-8449, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3219-3541
Fax: +81-3-3292-1811
E-mail: vlsisymp@ics-inc.co.jp
Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (USA)
Widerkehr and Associates
Suite 312
16220 S. Frederick Ave.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877 USA
Tel: +301-527-0900 ext. 103
Fax: +301-527-0994
E-mail: vlsi@vlsisymposium.org



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