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Welcome to the 30th Custom Integrated Circuits Conference.
The world of integrated circuit (IC) design has changed tremendously in the past thirty years.
To understand just how far the industry has come one has only to look back on the 8086 processor introduced by Intel in 1978. Designed in three micron HCMOS, the 8086 sported 16-bit busses,
contained 29K transistors and topped out at the blazing speed of 10MHz. Today’s multi-core, 64-bit processors are designed in 45nm technologies, operated at 4GHz and contain billions of transistors.
In the past thirty years we’ve seen integrated circuits move from mainframe computers kept in glass houses into home computers running the world wide web, cars, home appliances, security systems,
cell phones, toys, cameras, and medical devices. The increase in function and affordability of technology has made ICs pervasive in most aspects of our lives.
For over thirty years productivity has been driven primarily by Moore’s Law, providing twice the number of circuits on a piece of silicon every 18-24 months. Progress has been measured by
increased density and performance. While it’s true that scaling continues and 22nm IC’s are not far away, progress today is often measured by low power consumption and 3-D integration for
portable applications, green technologies that preserve the environment, the ability to operate in hostile high temperature/high vibration environments, and high reliability solutions for life-critical applications.
The evolution of technology to solve these issues has been dubbed “More than Moore.”
The Custom Integrated Circuits Conference has grown and changed with the industry and continues to showcase technical papers describing the most advanced analog and digital circuits and their
applications. This year’s program will start with the keynote address on “More Than Moore.” A panel discussion titled “Sure, Moore’s Law Can Continue, But Should It?”, on Monday afternoon
will further debate issues around this growth area.
In the keynote address, Dave Bergeron, CEO of SVTC, will describe directions in semiconductor innovation that leverage older technology nodes to develop novel functions in passive devices, high- and
low-voltage transistors and a host of other products. Then at the CICC Luncheon, Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli will speak on the use of IC’s in the world of automotive design.
In addition to these invited talks, industry experts will present 120 technical papers and 50 posters on the latest innovations in 3-D circuits, ADC’s, sensors, SOC’s, wireless circuits, power
management, high performance wired interfaces, PLLs, embedded memories, simulation and modeling, manufacturing developments and more. CICC’s education sessions will provide a full day
of intense technical training on: The Fundamentals of Analog Design, High-Speed Serial IO Design, Coping with Scaling and Effective Technical Writing. You will also have the opportunity to network
with your peers at our evening receptions while perusing the exhibits and poster sessions.
I hope you will join us for this year’s program September 21-24 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose California.
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