The International Engineering Consortium: Jan Rabaey, Aart de Geus, and Tsugio Makimoto to Deliver Keynote Addresses at DesignCon 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DesignCon 2004 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 The International Engineering Consortium (IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission ) has announced that three electronics industry luminaries have been selected as keynote speakers for DesignCon 2004. Jan Rabaey, Aart de Geus, and Tsugio Makimoto will deliver keynote addresses on February 2, 3, and 4, respectively. DesignCon, the premier annual education event in Silicon Valley for the electronic-design and semiconductor industries, will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . Jan Rabaey is Professor and Director of the Gigascale Silicon Research Center (GSRC GSRC Gigascale Silicon Research Center GSRC Georgia Society for Respiratory Care GSRC Graduate Studies Research Center ) at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). - Berkeley. In addition to his role with the GSRC, he is the scientific co-director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center. He is also the author of the popular textbook Digital Integrated Circuits - A Design Perspective. Aart de Geus is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Synopsys Inc. and Chairman of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group. He co-founded Synopsys in 1986 and has since expanded the company from a start-up synthesis enterprise to the leader in 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. He is the third recipient ever to receive the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. ) Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society Industrial Pioneer Award. Tsugio Makimoto is Corporate Advisor for Semiconductor Operations at Sony Corporation. He became an IEEE Fellow in 1997 for his contribution to the development and manufacture of high-density metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) devices and is a pioneer in developing and manufacturing high-density dynamic random access memory Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. Since real capacitors leak charge, the information eventually fades unless the capacitor charge is refreshed periodically. (DRAM) and new types of reduced instruction set computing Noun 1. reduced instruction set computing - (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform reduced instruction set computer, RISC (RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. ) microprocessors. Greg Spirakis, Vice President and Director of the Advanced Technology Group at Intel, serves as conference chair of DesignCon 2004. About DesignCon (http://www.designcon.com) The DesignCon conference program provides education and updates on the latest technology news and advances affecting design engineers working at the chip, board, and system levels. DesignCon 2004 will feature specialized tutorials on nanotechnology and a new conference track devoted to wireless topics. The DesignCon technology exhibition delivers practical approaches, techniques, and procedures directly on the show floor, where leading-edge displays from key organizations offer proven solutions for immediate application. About the IEC (http://www.iec.org) The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students. In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free, on-line educational program. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age. More than 70 leading high-technology universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association. |
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