======================================================================== SIGDA -- The Resource for EDA Professionals www.sigda.org ======================================================================== 17 March 2003 ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER Vol. 33, No. 6 ======================================================================== (This ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER is being sent to all persons on the ACM/SIGDA mailing list. To request removal from the list, please email "pmadden@cs.binghamton.edu".) ======================================================================== Contents of this E-NEWSLETTER: (1) Current DA TechNews issue Sunday 17 March 2003 From: "Diana Marculescu" (2) Upcoming Conferences and Symposia Sunday 17 March 2003 From: "Igor Markov" (3) Upcoming Funding Opportunities Sunday 17 March 2003 From: "Iris Bahar" (4) CFP for INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS DESIGN SBCCI-2003 CHIP IN SAMPA Sunday 17 March 2003 From: "Reinaldo Bergamaschi" (5) SPICE parameter models for 0.13 and 0.07 um technology Sunday 17 March 2003 From: "Bill Joyner" ======================================================================== Dear ACM/SIGDA members, You can find the content of the current issue of SIGDA TechNews at http://www.acm.org/da_technews/current/homepage.html This week's headlines: "DATE Keynoter Lists Challenges to Tech Complexity" EE Times (03/04/03); Mokhoff, Nicolas http://www.eet.com/conf/date/OEG20030304S0011 "New Strain of Chips on the Way" Investor's Business Daily (03/11/03) P. A6; Detar, James "X Initiative Panel Makes Plea for DFM" Semiconductor Business News (03/05/03); Clarke, Peter http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20030305S0002 "Chips Losing Some Antipiracy Support" CNet (03/11/03); Borland, John http://news.com.com/2100-1025-991921.html "Student Designs Ionic Knife to Etch Transistors" NewsFactor Network (02/26/03); Martin, Mike http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20853.html "Analog Circuits Need More than Just DFT Methods" EE Times (03/05/03); Kosier, Steve http://www.eetonline.com/story/OEG20030228S0051 "Replacing Mosfets With FEDs Gives 'Faster, Lower Power Logic'" Electronics Weekly (03/05/03); Bush, Steve "Hello, Tech Designers? This Stuff Is Too Small" USA Today (03/04/03) P. 1D; Graham, Jefferson http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030304/4914082s.htm "Group Sets Its Sights on Tunable Lasers" InternetNews.com (02/28/03); Singer, Michael http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1963001 "Processor Programmability in Popular Languages" Electronic Engineering Times--Asia (03/03/03); Jong, Deborah; Chen, Tim http://www.eetasia.com/article_content.php3?article_id=8800300193 (Access to this site is free; however, first-time visitors must register.) "IMEC Courts Partners for Long-Term R&D" Electronic News (03/03/03) "Across the Universe" CommVerge (02/26/03); Miller, Matthew "SoCs' Death Somewhat Exaggerated: Panel" EE Times (03/12/03); Fuller, Brian http://www.eetonline.com/semi/news/OEG20030311S0037 "Computer Chips Pushed to Edge" BBC News (02/26/03); Ward, Mark http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2797649.stm "Low-Heat Laptops" CIO (03/01/03) Vol. 16, No. 10, P. 100; Lindquist, Christopher http://www.cio.com/archive/030103/et_development.html "Multithreading Set for Processors" eWeek (03/03/03) Vol. 20, No. 9, P. 21; Burt, Jeffrey http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,909993,00.asp "Indelible Memories" IEEE Spectrum (03/03); Geppert, Linda http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/mar03/semi.html "The 1 Billion Transistor Processor: Who Will Be First?" Semiconductor International (03/03) Vol. 26, No. 3, P. 56; Ho, Vu; Scansen, Don; Keyes, Ed "From Marconi to Modules: New Wireless Communications Technology Depends on Advanced Component Integration" Electronic Component News (02/03); Klettke, Scott "How to Specify Power Management ICs" Electronic Products--Wireless/Portable Supplement (02/03) Vol. 45, No. 9, P. 3; Poole, Bill "Practical Design for Transferring Signals Between Clock Domains" EDN Magazine (02/03) Vol. 48, No. 4, P. 65; Crews, Michael; Yuenyongsgool, Yong "WCDMA Baseband Design Faces Challenges" Wireless Systems Design (02/03) P. 34; Elders-Boll, Harald http://www.wsdmag.com/Globals/PlanetEE/Content/19065.pdf "Seeking a Silicon Laser" Photonics Spectra (02/03) Vol. 37, No. 2, P. 62; Anscombe, Nadya "GaAs Reliability at High Operating Temperatures" Microwave Product Digest (02/03) P. 28 http://www.mpdigest.com/Articles/2003/Feb2003/wj/Default.htm "Chips Ahoy!" Siliconindia (02/03) Vol. 7, No. 1, P. 18; Ramana, Venkat "Consumer Electronics Demands Will Drive EDA Innovation" EE Design (02/25/03); Hsu, Chi-Ping http://www.eedesign.com/columns/eda/OEG20030225S0039 "SPIE Keynoter Tweaks Moore's Law" Semiconductor Business News (02/24/03); LaPedus, Mark http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20030224S0041 "Harder Working Transistors Through Automated FPGA Compiling" ScienceDaily (02/25/03) "Inductance Issues Not What They Seem at 90nm" EE Times (02/12/03); Wilson, Ron http://www.eedesign.com/story/OEG20030212S0031 "PC Throwback on Last Legs" ZDNet Australia (02/21/03); Goodwins, Rupert "Logic Scheme Gains Power" Technology Research News (02/19/03); Smalley, Eric "Chip Paths Diverge at Intel" CNet (02/18/03); Kanellos, Michael http://news.com.com/2100-1001-984682.html "Nanoimprint Equipment Companies Set to Make Market Impression" Small Times (02/20/03); Mason, Jack "FPGA On-Chip Debug With Off-Chip Benefits" Electronic Engineering Times--Asia (02/16/03); Przybus, Brent "The Real Computer Chip Speed Barrier" NewsFactor Network (02/21/03); Ray, Tiernan http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20815.html "Rambus Unveils Faster Chip Bus" IDG News Service (02/17/03); Krazit, Tom http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109385,00.asp "Expansion Cards Getting Makeover" InternetNews.com (02/19/03); Olavsrud, Thor "New Intel/HP Products Spell Doom for RISC" Siliconvalley.internet.com (02/18/03); Singer, Michael http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1585561 "Running a Temperature" Red Herring (02/12/03); Bruno, Lee http://www.redherring.com/insider/2003/02/cooling021203.html "Survey Finds 'Disconnects' Between MEMS Developers and Fabs" Small Times (02/12/03); Karoub, Jeff "Digital Darwinism" EDN Magazine (02/03) Vol. 48, No. 4, P. 53; Dipert, Brian "Protection From Blackouts: Dirt Cheap to Fully Integrated" Portable Design (02/03); Colby, Nicolas "Mix-and-Match Lithography Tackles Tighter Requirements" Semiconductor International (02/03); Hand, Aaron "Reinventing Electronic Design" Siliconindia (02/03) Vol. 7, No. 1, P. 26; Singh, Himanshu "Fast Films" IEEE Spectrum (02/03); Brown, Alan S. "Nano-Optic Photonic ICs Help to Evolve the Optical Network" Fiberoptic Product News (02/03) Vol. 18, No. 2, P. 20; Kostal, Hubert "Validating Memory Modules for High Performance Systems" Electronic Component News (02/03); Sainio, Arthur "Piezoelectric Motors Control Set-and-Hold Semiconductor Applications" Photonics Spectra (02/03) Vol. 37, No. 2, P. 70; Arnone, Dave; Van Pelt, Aaron; Dessau, Kathy Li "10 Emerging Technologies: Nanoimprint Lithography" Technology Review (02/03) Vol. 106, No. 1, P. 42; Fairley, Peter "Digital Signal Controllers Turn Thermocouples into Superstars" Sensors (01/03) Vol. 20, No. 1, P. 38; Huddleston, Creed http://sensorsmag.com/articles/0103/38/ As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions. If you would like to participate or contribute to the content of the E-Newsletter, please feel free to contact any of us. Diana Marculescu, SIGDA E-Newsletter Editor Larry Pileggi, SIGDA E-Newsletter TechNews Associate Editor R. Iris Bahar, SIGDA E-Newsletter Associate Editor Igor Markov, SIGDA E-Newsletter Associate Editor Hiroto Yasuura, SIGDA E-Newsletter Associate Editor, Asian Activities ======================================================================== Submission deadlines: --------------------- 2003 International Conference on VLSI(VLSI-03) Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Deadline: March 30, 2003 Conference Dates: June 23-26, 2003 http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/ SBCCI 2003 -- 16th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design Sao Paulo, Brazil Deadline: March 31, 2003 Symposium Dates: Sept. 8-13, 2003 http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/chipinsampa/ ICECS 2003 -- 10th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Sharjah, United Arab Emirates University of Sharjah Deadline for submission: April 2, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2003 Deadline for final version: September 1, 2003 Conference dates: Dec. 14-17, 2003 http://www.icecs2003.org CICC 2003 - IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference San Jose, CA Deadline: April 2, 2003 Conference Dates: September 17-20, 2003 http://www.ieee-cicc.org/ CONCUR 2003 -- Intl. Conf. on Concurrency Theory Marseille, France Deadline: April 4, 2003 Conference Dates: Septmber 3-5, 2003 ASIC-SOC 2003 - IEEE International SOC Conference (Formerly IEEE International ASIC/SOC Conference) Portland, OR Deadline: April 4, 2003 Conference Dates: September 17-20, 2003 http://www.ieee-soc.org ESSCC 2003 -- European Solid-State Circuits Conference Estoril, Portugal Deadline: April 4, 2003 Conference Dates: September 16-18, 2003 http://www.chipidea.com/esscirc2003/ CODES/ISSS Merged Conference Oct.1-3, 2003 Newport Beach, CA Marriott Hotel Deadline for submission: Monday, April 7, 2003 Notification of acceptance: Friday, June 6, 2003 Deadline for final version: Friday, July 4, 2003 http://www.ece.uci.edu/~codes/ CHARME 2003 -- Correct Hardware Design and Verification Methods L'Aquila, Italy Deadline: April 11, 2003 Conference Dates: October 21-24, 2003 http://www.di.univaq.it/charme2003/ IEEE Micro: Special Issue on Power- and Complexity-Aware Design Deadline: April 15, 2003 http://www.computer.org/micro/articles/m5cfp.pdf ICCAD 2003 -- Intl. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design San Jose, CA Deadline: April 16, 2003 Conference Dates: November 9-13, 2003 http://www.iccad.com/ MAPLD 2003 - Intl. Conf. on Military Applications of Programmable Logic Devices Washington, D.C. Deadline: April 25, 2003 Conference Dates: September 9-11, 2003 BMC 2003 -- Intl. Workshop on Bounded Model Checking Boulder, Colorado, USA Deadline: April 27, 2003 Workshop Dates: July 13, 2003 http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~bmc03/ Upcoming symposia, conferences and workshops: --------------------------------------------- IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures Monterey, CA Mar 17-20, 2003 http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/ICMTS/ ISQED 2003 - International Symposium on Quality in Electronic Design Monterey, CA March 24-26, 2003 http://www.isqed.org/ MAPSP 2003 -- Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems Aussois, France 30 March - 5 April http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/mapsp/ SLIP 2003 -- System Level Interconnect Prediction Workshop Monterey, CA April 4-5, 2003 http://www.sliponline.org/ ISPD 2003 -- ACM International Sympsium on Physical Design Monterey, CA April 6-9, 2003 http://www.ispd.cc/ ICASSP 2003 -- IEEE Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Hong Kong April 6-10, 2003 http://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/~icassp03/ ETAPS 2003, European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software April 7-11, 2003 Warsaw, Poland http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/etaps03/ FCCM 2003 -- Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines Napa, CA April 8-11, 2003 http://www.fccm.org/ Cool Chips VI April 16-18, 2003 Yokohama, Japan Jan 27, 2003 http://www.coolchips.org/ RAW 2003 Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop Nice, France April 22, 2003 http://www.ece.lsu.edu/vaidy/raw03/ HiCOMB 2003 -- Intl. Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology Nice, France Tuesday, April 22, 2003 http://hpc.eece.unm.edu/HiCOMB/ VLSI-TSA 2003 -- Intl. Symp. on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications Hsinchu, Taiwan April 23-25, 2003 http://vlsitsa.itri.org.tw/default.asp VTS 2003 -- IEEE VLSI Test Symposium Napa, CA Apr 27-May 1, 2003 http://www.tttc-vts.org/ GLSVLSI 2003 -- Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI Washington D.C. April 28-29, 2003 http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigda/glsvlsi/ ======================================================================== Upcoming Funding Opportunities ------------------------------ NSF PROGRAMS Quantitative Systems Biotechnology (QSB) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03517/nsf03517.htm Deadline: March 18, 2003 Engineering Sciences for Modeling, Simulation, Decision-Making and Emerging Technologies http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03505 Full Proposal Deadline Date - By Invitation Only: March 14, 2003 Information Technology Research http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf02168 Deadline Date for Large Projects : March 24, 2003 Ultra-High-Capacity Optical Communications: Challenges in Broadband Optical Access, Materials Processing, and Manufacturing http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03537 Letter of Intent Due Date.: March 31, 2003 Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03521/nsf03521.html Letter of Intent due (optional): February 27, 2003 Full Proposals: April 9, 2003 Advanced Computational Research http://www.cise.nsf.gov/div/ccr/fndg/display.cfm?pgm_pims_id=5313&pgm_supp_id=10094&loc=ccr&pub_id=5527 March 01, 2003 July 01, 2003 High Performance Network Connections http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03529/nsf03529.htm Deadline: April 21, 2003 Ultra-High-Capacity Optical Communications http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03537/nsf03537.htm Letter of Intent: March 31, 2003 Deadline: May 6, 2003 SRC programs Robert M. Burger Fellowship Competition http://www.src.org/member/news/burger_news.asp Deadline: April 30, 2003 DARPA PROGRAMS Mobile Autonomous Robot Software (MARS) Robotic Vision 2020 http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa02-15.htm Deadline: April 3, 2003 Software for Distributed Robotics (SDR) Indoor Reconnaissance Experiments/Demonstration http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa02-14.htm Deadline: April 3, 2003 ======================================================================== 16th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS DESIGN SBCCI-2003 CHIP IN SAMPA Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 8-11, 2003 (http://www.sbmicro.org.br/chipinsampa or http://www.sbc.org.br/sbcci) CALL FOR PAPERS: International manuscripts are invited for submisstion in broad design automation, IC and systems design areas. Please refer to the above web sites for details. Program co-chairs: Reinaldo Bergamaschi (IBM, USA) and Wolfgang Rosenstiel (Tuebingen, Germany) ========================================================================= Representative SPICE parameters for .13 and .07 micron processes as well as additional information, are available for faculty and students at http://www-device.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ptm/download.html (results have been obtained from SRC-funded research work). =========================================================================