IEEE EDS VLSI Technology and
Circuits Committee
December 7, 2003
A.
Attendees: Joe Brewer (U.
Florida), Jamal Deen (McMaster U.), Jim Hutchby (SRC), Jason Jenq (UMC), Lalita
Manchanda (SRC/Agere), Huiling Shang (IBM), S. C. Sun (Chartered Semiconductor),
Albert Wang (Illinois Inst. of Tech.), Jeff Welser (IBM), Reinout Woltjer
(Philips), Xing Zhou (Nanyang Tech U.)
B. Agenda:
¨ Annual report (Jim Hutchby)
¨ Outstanding Action Items
¨ Ideas for future activities
- Specific ideas
- Responsible committee member
¨
Elect
New Chair (Bin Zhao)
C. 2003 Accomplishments
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Accomplishments |
Next Steps and
Information |
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Added 3 new members to the committee ¨
Prof. Yanhe Li, Tsinghua
University Peoples Republic of China ¨
Prof.
Joe Brewer University
of Florida U.S.A. ¨
Prof. Jamel Deen McMaster
University Canada |
Provide updated member list to IEEE EDS for their approval, information and use. Contact people are: ¨ Bill Vandervort w.vandervort@ieee.org ¨ Stacey Waters s.waters@ieee.org |
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Sponsored two workshops ¨ Compact Modeling – Xing Zhou ¨ International Workshop for Future Information Processing Technologies – Lalita Manchanda |
February 2003 Collaborated with Japanese colleagues to conduct workshop in Japan in November 2003 |
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2003 ITRS Work ¨ Chaired the ITRS Working Group on Emerging Research Devices and produced the new 2003 ITRS Section on ERD – Jim Hutchby ¨ Organized the new ITRS Working Group on “RF and AMS Technologies for Wireless Communications”. This WG produced a substantial new Section for the 2003 ITRS – Jim Hutchby and Bin Zhao |
December 2003 December 2003 |
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Proposal for Special Issue to the EDS – TED ¨ Submitted proposal for a EDS TED Special Issue on “Integrated Circuits Technologies for RF Circuit Applications” – Albert Wang, S. C. Sun, Bin Zhao and Jim Hutchby |
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D. Key Decisions Made:
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Decisions Made |
Next Steps |
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Add 3 new members to the committee beginning in 2004 ¨
Prof. Yanhe Li, Tsinghua
University Peoples Republic of China ¨
Prof.
Joe Brewer University
of Florida U.S.A. ¨
Prof. Jamal Deen McMaster
University Canada |
Provide updated member list to IEEE EDS for their approval, information and use. Contact people are: ¨ Bill Vandervort w.vandervort@ieee.org ¨ Stacey Waters s.waters@ieee.org |
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Sponsor three ITRS ERD Technology Meetings on Emerging Research Devices to engage and interact with the relevant research communities |
¨ Jim Hutchby |
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Submit a proposal to the EDS TED for: ¨ Non-classical CMOS devices and technologies: Extending the Roadmap Part 1 - New Materials and Process Technologies ¨
Advanced non-volatile memory technologies (FeRAM,
MRAM, Phase Change Memory, Flash, etc.) for Embedded Memories ¨ Organic Electronics – Explore possible Proposal ¨ Integration
of Heterogeneous Technologies – Explore possibility (Technologies and
Systems) |
¨ Huiling Shang ¨ Joe Brewer ¨ Philips Co-Editor ¨ Lalita Manchanda (Rajinda Khosla and Usha Varshney of NSF) ¨ Jamal Deen ¨ Kwyro Lee ¨ Reinout Woltjer ¨ Dan Radick (DARPA?) |
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Remove the following topics as possible candidates for TED Special Issues: ¨ Precise Electrical Measurement Techniques - Nanometer technologies ¨ Examination of Silicon/Dielectric Interface |
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Elected Bin Zhao as the new Chair for 2004 of the Committee |
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D. Action (AI) Items:
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Action Item
Description |
Owner |
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Contact the following individuals to explore their joining the VLSI Technology and Circuits Committee: ¨ Roland Thewes (Infineon) ¨ Sanford Chu (Chartered Semiconductor) |
¨ Reinout Woltjer ¨ S. C. Sun |
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Prepare Proposal for Special Issues of the TED: Submit a proposal to the EDS TED for: ¨ Non-classical CMOS devices and technologies: Extending the Roadmap Part 1 - New Materials and Process Technologies ¨
Advanced non-volatile memory technologies (FeRAM,
MRAM, Phase Change Memory, Flash, etc.) for Embedded Memories ¨ Organic Electronics – Explore possible Proposal ¨ Integration of Heterogeneous Technologies – Explore possibility (Technologies and Systems) |
¨ Huiling Shang and others ¨ Joe Brewer ¨ Philips Co-Editor ¨ Lalita Manchanda (Rajinda Khosla and Usha Varshney of NSF) ¨ Jamal Deen ¨ Kwyro Lee ¨ Reinout Woltjer Dan Radick (DARPA?) |
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Present the review of the VLSI Tech & Ckts Committee to the EDS |
Jim Hutchby |
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Contact the IEEE EDS with the names of the new Committee Members for EDS Approval and Invitation |
Bin Zhao |