2007 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS

2007 VLSI Circuits Short Course Program

“Design for Variability in Logic, Memory and
Microprocessors”


Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Suzaku II)


Organizers/Chairs:

Masayuki Mizuno, NEC
Vivek De, Intel


8:10

Introduction
8:15 Sources, Magnitudes and Characterization of Variability
Sani Nassif, IBM
9:25 Variation-Aware Methodologies and Tools
Andrzej Strojwas, PDF Solutions
10:35 Break
10:50 Variation-Tolerant Design for Low Power SoC
Kenichi Osada, Hitachi
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Adaptive Design Techniques for Variation-Tolerant Microprocessors
James Tschanz, Intel
14:40 Break
14:55 Variation-Tolerant SRAM Design Techniques
Mike Clinton, Texas Instruments
16:05 NAND Flash Memory Design for Variability
Shigeo Ohshima, Toshiba
17:15 Conclusion



2007 VLSI Circuits Wireless Workshop Program

“Advanced Topics on Multi-Standard Wireless
Transceiver RFIC Designs”


Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Suzaku III)


Organizers/Chairs:

Hiroki Ishikuro, Keio University
Fa Foster Dai, Auburn University


8:10

Introduction
8:15 Multi-Com Radios
Stewart S Taylor, Intel
9:25 Multi-Mode Multi-Band RF Front-End Design
Noriharu Suematsu, Mitsubishi
10:35 Break
10:50 Multi-Band ΔΣ Frequency Synthesis
John Rogers, Caleton University
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Software Defined Radio
Asad Abidi, UCLA
14:40 Break
14:55 Digital-Video-Broadcast Receivers
Kunihiko Iizuka, Sharp
16:05 MIMO Wireless Transceiver SoCs
Masoud Zargari, Atheros
17:15 Speaker Interview Session


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