International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD) Previews Technical Program Focused on Today's Challenges and Emerging Technologies.BOULDER, Colo. -- The International Conference on Computer Aided Design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". (ICCAD ICCAD International Conference on Computer-Aided Design ), the Electronic Design Automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) industry's top technical conference, is now previewing its Technical Program, including leading keynote speakers, tutorials and panels. The Conference will be held November 5-9 at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . This year's ICCAD theme focuses on current hot topics such as power, variability, and system design, but also expands its focus to include post-CMOS emerging technologies such as carbon nanotubes, molecular transistors, spin-based and single electron devices, DNA-based computing, electro-chemical components, MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. , and the integration in sensor systems and biochips. ICCAD 2006 will feature industry-leading keynote addresses from Phil Hester, Chief Technology Officer of AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , entitled "An Industry in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges in Next-Generation Microprocessor Design," and Leon Stok, Director of EDA at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , entitled "Innovation in Electronic Design Automation." Technical Program Details Soha Hassoun from Tufts University and Georges Gielen from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven The KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Catholic University of Leuven in English) or in short K.U.Leuven, is the largest, oldest, and most prominent university in Belgium. serve as this year's General and Program Chair, respectively. The technical program, which runs from Monday - Wednesday, includes 130 papers that were selected according to rigorous standards by the ICCAD Program Committee. The program begins on Sunday, November 5, with a workshop on the convergence between technology and design; and concludes on Thursday, November 9, with six half-day tutorials. Two panels and seven embedded tutorials are also featured. A system design issues theme runs the entire length of the conference, including issues such as system power and performance optimization, architecture-level thermal and variability issues, and energy minimization in real-time embedded systems, as well as two embedded tutorials, "Challenges in Designing and Mapping Algorithms to Multi-Core Systems" and "The Use of UML Versus SystemC in the Design of Systems." A classic at ICCAD will continue this year with physical design sessions on placement, routing and interconnect. Also, two embedded tutorials will focus on the impact of new materials used in CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. technology, and the consequences of rising DRC rule complexity. The latest results in related fields, such as test and analog CAD, will be presented, including an embedded tutorial on the challenges facing mixed-signal design. Continued from last year is the full-day track focused on design and applications in emerging nano technologies beyond CMOS. This "nano day" program has two embedded tutorials from renowned experts in the field, and two regular paper sessions. It takes place the entire day on Wednesday. Over 750 attendees are expected to attend this year's conference. Full program information will be available at the ICCAD web site (www.iccad.com) beginning August 25, 2006. Advance registration will be open at that time. About ICCAD The International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD) has served EDA and Design professionals for the last 20 years by highlighting new challenges and innovative solutions for integrated circuit design technologies and systems. To learn more, please visit the ICCAD website at www.iccad.com. |
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