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Existing models	ACM - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil aMOS - Texas Instruments, USA ASIM - AT&T Bell Labs, USA BSIM3/BSIM4/BSIMSOI/BSIMCMG - University of California at Berkeley, USA CSIM - AT&T Bell Labs, USA EKV - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland HICUM - University of Technology Dresden, Germany HiSIM/HiSIM_HV - Hiroshima University, Japan MEXTRAM - Delft University, The Netherlands MISNAN - Carleton University, Canada MOS9/MOS11/MOS31/MOS40/Mextram/Modella/PSP - NXP, The Netherlands MVS - MIT Virtual Source model, MIT, USA PCIM - Digital Equipment Corp., USA PSP - NXP and Delft University, The Netherlands (PSP-ASU/NXP, SP-PennState/MM11-Philips) SPP - University of California at Berkeley, USA SSIM/VBIC - Motorola, USA UFSOI/UFPDB/UFDG - University of Florida, USA UMOS - Intel, USA USIM - Agere Systems, USA Xsim/DOUST - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Parameter extraction tools	BSIMProPlus - ProPlus Design Solutions (BTA/Celestry/Cadence) IC-CAP - Agilent Technologies MBP - Agilent Technologies (Accelicon) UTMOST - SimuCAD (Silvaco International
Circuit simulators	ADS - Agilent Technologies (EEsof) AIM-Spice - AIM-Software, Norway AMS - SimuCAD AFS - Berkeley Design Automation (BDA) Eldo - Mentor Graphics GSIM - Gemini Design Technology HSIM - Synopsys (Nassda) HSPICE - Synopsys (Meta-Software/Avant!) Mica - Freescale Semiconductor MSIM/Turbo-MSIM - Legend Design Technology OmniSim - Antrim Design Systems OSpice - CSO Software PowerSPICE - IBM PSpice - Cadence Design Systems (MicroSim/OrCAD) SEQUEL - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay SmartSpice - SimuCAD (Silvaco International) SMASH - DOLPHIN Integration, France SPECTRE - Cadence Design Systems SPICE: SPICE2G6/SPICE3F5 - University of California at Berkeley T-SPICE - Tanner Research UltraSim - Cadence Design Systems (BTA/Celestry) XSIM - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Model interfaces	ADMS - Automatic Device Model Synthesizer, Freescale Semiconductor, Switzerland PTM - Predictive Technology Model, UC Berkeley RTE - Run-Time Environment, Tiburon Design Automation Verilog-AMS - Verilog-AMS Compact Modeling Extensions
Modeling groups	CMC - Compact Model Coalition, Si2 (formerly CMC - Compact Model Council) CMTC - IEEE EDS Compact Modeling Technical Committee COMON - Compact Modelling Network iMOS - Interactive Modeling and Oline Simulation Platform MOS-AK - European compact modeling group NEEDS - New Nano-Engineered Electronic Device Simulation
Resources	CMC - Next generation MG MOSFET model (3/2010) CMC - Next generation SOI MOSFET model (4/2008) CMC - Next generation MOSFET model (3/2004) CMC- Proposed requirements for next generation platform MOSFET model (12/2002) FSA - How to qualify SPICE model from foundry (3/2004) SRC - White Paper for research in compact modeling (1/2013) SRC - White Paper for research in compact modeling (6/2009) SRC - White Paper for semiconductor device compact modeling for circuit design (3/2006) SRC - White Paper for semiconductor device compact modeling for circuit design (5/2003) SRC - Research needs for semiconductor device compact modeling (4/2003) SRC - Compact modeling needs for design (3/2000) NIST - IEEE recommended test procedures for model validation (5/1997) ITRS - International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000)
Books	Advances in Solid State Electronics and Technology (ASSET), Founding Editor: Chih-Tang Sah, World Scientific MOSFET Modeling for VLSI Simulation: Theory and Practice, Narain Arora MOSFET Modeling for Circuit Analysis and Design, Carlos Galup-Montoro & Márcio C Schneider The Physics and Modeling of MOSFETs: Surface-Potential Model HiSIM, Mitiko Miura-Mattausch, Hans Jürgen Mattausch & Tatsuya Ezaki BSIM4: Theory and Engineering of MOSFET Modeling for IC Simulation, Weidong Liu & Chenming Hu Camridge University Press Understanding Modern Transistors and Diodes, David L. Pulfrey, Camridge Univ. Press, 2010 CMOS Analog Design using All-Region MOSFET Modeling, Márcio Cherem Schneider and Carlos Galup-Montoro, Camridge Univ. Press, 2010 Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices, Yuan Taur and Tak H. Ning, Camridge Univ. Press, 2009 Compact Hierarchical Bipolar Transistor Modeling With Hicum, Michael Schröter and Anjan Chakravorty, World Scientific, 2010 Compact Mosfet Models for VLSI Design, A. B. Bhattacharyya, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd., 2009 Charge-Based MOS Transistor Modeling: The EKV Model for Low-Power and RF IC Design, Christian Enz and Eric Vittoz, Wiley, 2006 CMOS RF Modeling, Characterization and Applications, edited by M. Jamal Deen and Tor A. Fjeldly, World Scientific, 2002 MOSFET Models for Spice Simulation, Including BSIM3v3 and BSIM4, William Liu, Wiley-Interscience, 2001 MOSFET Modeling and BSIM3 User's Guide, Yuhua Cheng and Chenming Hu, Springer, 1st edition, 1999 Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor, Yannis Tsividis, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition, 1999 Semiconductor Device Modeling, Giuseppe Massobrio and Paolo Antognetti, McGraw-Hill, 1st edition, 1998 Introduction to Device Modeling and Circuit Simulation, T. A. Fjeldly, T. Ytterdal, and M. S. Shur, John Wiley & Sons, 1998 MOSFET Modeling with SPICE - Principles and Practice, Daniel P. Foty, Prentice-Hall, 1997 The SPICE Book, Andrei Vladimirescu, Wiley, 1st edition, 1994 MOSFET Models for VLSI Circuit Simulation: Theory and Practice, N. Arora, Springer-Verlag, 1993 Fundamentals of Solid-State Electronics, Chih-Tang Sah, World Scientific, 1991
Papers	C-T Sah, "A History of MOS Transistor Compact Modeling," Proc. Workshop on Compact Modeling at Nanotech 2005, Anaheim, CA, May 2005, vol. WCM, pp. 347-390. J. Watts, C. McAndrew, C. Enz, C. Galup-Montoro, G. Gildenblat, C. Hu, R. van Langevelde, M. Miura-Mattausch, R. Rios and C-T Sah, "Advanced Compact Models for MOSFETs," Proc. Workshop on Compact Modeling at Nanotech 2005, Anaheim, CA, May 2005, vol. WCM, pp. 3-12. R. F. Pierret and J. A. Shields, "Simplified long-channel MOSFET theory," Solid-State Electron., vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 143-147, Feb. 1983. S.-Y. Oh, D. Ward, and R. Dutton, "Transient analysis of MOS transistors," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. ED-27, no. 8, pp. 1571-1578, Aug. 1980. F. Van de Wiele, "A long-channel MOSFET model," Solid-State Electron., vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 991-997, Dec. 1979. J. R. Brews, "A charge-sheet model of the MOSFET," Solid-State Electron., vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 345-355, Feb. 1978. H. C. Pao and C. T. Sah, "Effects of diffusion current on characteristics of metal-oxide (insulator)-semiconductor transistors," Solid-State Electron., vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 927-937, Oct. 1966. W. Shockley, "A Unipolar 'Field-Effect' Transistor," Proc. IRE, vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 1365-1376, Nov. 1952.
Articles	*IEEE T-ED Editorials / Special Issues* Touchstones of a Quality Compact Model, D. Verret (Editor-in-Chief), IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 2374-2375, Nov. 2009. Special Issue on Advanced Compact Models and 45-nm Modeling Challenges, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, S. Saha, N. D. Arora, M. J. Deen, and M. Miura-Mattausch (Guest Editors), vol. 53, no. 9, Sep. 2006. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine: Special Issue on 40th Anniversary of SPICE, Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 2011. IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine: HiSIM2 Circuit Simulation, H. J. Mattausch, M. Miyake, T. Yoshida, S. Hazama, D. Navarro, N. Sadachika, T. Ezaki, M. Miura-Mattausch, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005 Solving the speed versus accuracy crisis. IGBT SPICE, S. C. Yuan, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005 An experimentally verified model with parameters extraction by device nondestructive measurements. MOSFET Hand Analysis Using BSIM, John R. Brews, Vol. 21, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005 Small-signal circuits enable PSPICE simulations of realistic models. Developing Device Models, Bo Hu, Cherry Wakayama, Lili Zhou, and C.-J. Richard Shi, Vol. 21, No. 4, July/Aug 2005 Rapid implementation of semiconductor device models in SPICE using MCAST Compact Model Compiler. An Open-Source Software Tool for Compact Modeling Applications, Laurent Lemaitre and Colin McAndrew, Vol. 20, No. 2, March 2004 SPICE Up Your MOSFET Modeling, Yu Cao, Michael Orshansky, Takashi Sato, Dennis Sylvester, and Chenming Hu, Vol. 19, No. 4, July 2003 Presenting a new paradigm of predictive MOSFET modeling for early circuit design innovation. The Missing Link to Seamless Simulation, Xing Zhou, Vol. 19, No. 3, May 2003 Multilevel modeling of nanometer CMOS ULSI systems based on a compact model and single-engine simulator. Double Jeopardy in the Nanoscale Court?, Qiang Chen, Keith A. Bowman, Evans M. Harrell, and James D. Meindl, Vol. 19, No. 1, Jan. 2003 Modeling the scaling limits of double-gate MOSFETs with physics-based compact short-channel models of threshold voltage and subthreshold swing. Model Quality Needs to Be Job One, William Liu, Vol. 18, No. 6, Nov. 2002 BSIM3/4 models for nanometer CMOS meet the challenge of accuracy and smoothness, but quality assurance is needed to ensure success. Staying Current with HICUM, Michael Schröter, Vol. 18, No. 3, May 2002 The high-current model (HICUM) is an advanced bipolar compact transistor model that keeps pace with the rapid progress in high-speed circuits for wireless and fiber-optic communications. A Model Too Hot to Handle?, Jerry G. Fossum, Vol. 18, No. 3, May 2002 A physics-based compact MOSFET model for circuit simulation is far superior to the empirical standard, but CAD engineers don't seem to care enough to switch. MOSFET Modeling Gets Physical, M. Miura-Mattausch, H.J. Mattausch, N.D. Arora, and C.Y. Yang, Vol. 17, No. 6, Nov. 2001 Toward sub-100-nm MOSFET models for circuit simulation that accurately represent new physical phenomena. Standardizing Compact Models for IC Simulation, Britt Brooks, Vol. 15, No. 4, Jul. 1999 MOSFET Modeling for Circuit Simulation, Daniel Foty, Vol. 14, No. 4, July 1998 Where do we go from here? Proceeding of the IEEE/IRE: The Transistor, Proc. IEEE, Vol. 86, No. 1, Jan. 1998. Evolution of the MOS Transistor--From Conception to VLSI, Proc. IEEE, Vol. 76, No. 10, pp. 1280-1326, Oct. 1988. The Transistor Issue, Proc. IRE, Vol. 40, No. 11, Nov. 1952. IEEE Spectrum: Donald O. Pederson, T. Perry, Vol. 35, No. 6, June 1998 The paper presents a biography of the father of the SPICE program and driving force behind the development of IC simulation who will receive the 1998 IEEE medal of honor
Workshops & special sessions	Forthcoming: MIXDES2015 - Jun. 25-27, 2015, Torun, Poland MOS-AK - ESSDERC/ESSCIRC, Sep. 26, 2014, Venice, Italy SISPAD2014 - Sep. 8, 2014, Yokohama, Japan Archive: MIXDES2014 - Jun. 19-21, 2014, Lublin, Poland WCM2014 - 12th Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jun. 16-18, 2014, Washington DC, USA MOS-AK - Mar. 28-29, 2014, London, UK ASP-DAC - 11th International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 23, 2013, Singapore MOS-AK/GSA2013 - Dec. 11, 2013, Washington DC, USA MOS-AK - ESSDERC/ESSCIRC, Sep. 20, 2013, Bucharest, Romania ICMAT2013 - Symposium Y: Reliability and Variability of Devices for Circuits and Systems [RV-DCS], Jul. 1-5, 2013, Singapore MIXDES2013 - Compact Modeling Support for More than Moore, Jun. 20-22, 2013, Gdynia, Poland CTFT2013 - 5th International Workshop on Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation, Jun. 21, 2013, Gronoble, France MOS-AK/GSA - Apr. 11-12, 2013, Munich, Germany ASP-DAC - 10th International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 22, 2013, Yokohama, Japan MOS-AK/GSA2012 - Dec. 12, 2012, San Francisco, USA MOS-AK - ESSDERC/ESSCIRC, Sep. 21, 2012, Bourdeaux, France CTFT2012 - 4th International Workshop on Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation, Sep. 3, 2012, Cambridge Univ., UK WCM2012 - 11th Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jun. 19-20, 2012, Santa Clara, USA MIXDES2012 - Compact Modeling Support for Nanoscaled IC Technology and Design, May 24-26, 2012, Warsaw, Poland MOS-AK/GSA Workshop - Apr. 26-27, 2012, Dresden, Germany MOS-AK/GSA Workshop - Mar. 16-18, 2012, Delhi, India ASP-DAC - 9th International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 30, 2012, Sydney, Australia Nano-Tera - BSIM EKV Workshop, Dec. 15-16, 2011, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland MOS-AK/GSA2011 - Dec. 7, 2011, Washington DC, USA EDSSC2011 - Session-7/Special-1 on Compact Modeling, Nov. 17, 2011, Tianjin, China CVM - 4th IEEE/ACM Workshop on Variability Modeling and Characterization, Nov. 10, 2011, San Jose, USA MOS-AK - ESSDERC/ESSCIRC, Sep. 16, 2011, Helsinki, Finland SISPAD2011 - 2011 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices, Workshop: "Compact model and its emerging technology linking new device technology and advanced circuit design", Sep. 7, 2011, Osaka, Japan ICMAT2011 - Symposium W: Reliability and Variability of Emerging Devices for Future Technologies and ULSI Circuits and Systems, June 27 - Jul. 1, 2011, Singapore MIXDES2011 - Compact Modelling for Diagnostics and Design of Nanoscaled Analog ICs, Jun. 16-18, 2011, Gliwice, Poland WCM2011 - 10th Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jun. 15-16, 2011, Boston, USA MOS-AK/GSA Workshop - Apr. 7-8, 2011, Paris, France ASP-DAC - 8th International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 25, 2011, Yokohama, Japan MOS-AK2010 - Dec. 8, 2010, San Francisco, USA IEDM2010 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 8: Modeling and Simulation – High-Frequency and Multi-Gate Device Modeling), Dec. 6, 2010, San Francisco, USA ISNE2010 - IEEE International Symposium on Next Generation Electronics, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-19, 2010 CVM - 3rd IEEE/ACM Workshop on Variability Modeling and Characterization, Nov. 11, 2010, San Jose, USA ICSICT2010 - 10th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology (Session S12: Modeling and Simulation; Tutorial), Nov. 1-4, 2010, Shanghai, China MOS-AK/GSA-ESSDERC/ESSCIRC2010 Workshop - Sep. 17, 2010, Seville, Spain SISPAD2010 - Workshop 1: Simulation and Characterization of Statistical CMOS Variability and Reliability, Sep. 8, 2010, Bologna, Italy CTFT2010 - 3rd International Workshop on Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation, Jul. 2, 2010, Tarragona, Spain MIXDES2010 - Compact Modeling for Advanced Analog/RF IC Applications, Jun. 24-26, 2010, Wroclaw, Poland WCM2010 - 9th Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jun. 23, 2010, Anaheim, USA MIXDES2010 - Compact modeling for advanced analog/RF IC applications, Jun. 24-26, 2010, Wroclaw, Poland MOS-AK/GSA Workshop - Apr. 8-9, 2010, Rome, Italy ASP-DAC - 7th International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 18, 2010, Taiwan IEDM2009 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 30: Modeling and Simulation – Noise and Fluctuations), Dec. 9, 2009, Baltimore, USA MOS-AK/GSA Workshop - Dec. 9, 2009, Baltimore, USA CVM - 2nd IEEE/ACM Workshop on Variability Modeling and Characterization, Nov. 6, 2009, San Jose, USA CMS - Circuit and Multi-Domain Simulation Workshop, Nov. 5, 2009, San Jose, USA CTFT2009 - 2nd International Workshop on Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation, Sep. 25, 2009, London, UK MOS-AK/ESSCIRC2009 Modeling Workshop - Sep. 18, 2009, Athens, Greece MIXDES2009 - Special compact modeling session, Jun. 25-27, 2009, Lodz, Poland WCM2009 - 8th Workshop on Compact Modeling, May 5-6, 2009, Houston, USA MOS-AK Meeting - Apr. 2-3, 2009, Frankfurt, Germany ASP-DAC - 6th International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 19, 2009, Yokohama, Japan MOS-AK Meeting - 1st International MOS-AK Meeting, Dec. 13, 2008, San Francisco, USA CVM - 1st IEEE/ACM Workshop on Compact Variability Modeling, Nov. 13, 2008, San Jose, USA ICSICT2008 - 9th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology (Sessions B1 & B4: Device Modeling & Paremeter Extraction), Oct. 20-23, 2008, Beijing, China MOS-AK/ESSDERC2008 Modeling Workshop - Sep. 19, 2008, Edinburgh, UK CTFT2008 - 1st International Workshop on Compact Thin-Film Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation, Sep. 11-12, 2008, Cambridge, UK IWCM - IEEE Workshop on Compact Modeling, Sep. 8, 2008, Hakone, Japan WCM2008 - 7th Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jun. 3-4, 2008, Boston, USA HICUM'08 - 8th European HICUM Workshop, May 20-21, 2008, Böblingen, Germany MOS-AK Meeting - Apr. 4, 2008, Eindhoven INEC2008 - 2nd IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (Topic 4: Nanoscale Modeling & Simulation), Mar. 25-27, 2008, Shanghai, China IWCM - 5th International Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jan. 21, 2008, Seoul, Korea IEDM2007 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 21: Modeling and Simulation - Development and Applications of Compact Models for Advanced Circuits), Dec. 11, 2007, Washinton DC, USA SISPAD2007 - 12th International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (Session 8: Compact Models), Sep. 25-27, 2007, Vienna, Austria BMAS2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, Sep. 20-21, 2007, San Jose, USA CICC2007 - 29th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Sep. 16-19, 2007, San Jose, USA MOS-AK/ESSCIRC2007 Modeling Workshop - Sep. 14, 2007, Munich, Germany MIXDES2007- Special compact modeling session, Jun. 21-23, 2007, Ciechocinek, Poland WCM2007 - 6th Workshop on Compact Modeling, May 22-24, 2007, Santa Clara, USA MOS-AK Meeting - Noise in MOSFET Devices, Apr. 20, 2007, Schloss Premstaetten IWCM - 4th International Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jan. 23, 2007, Yokohama, Japan IEDM2006 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 7: Modeling and Simulation - Compact Modeling), Dec. 11, 2006, San Francisco, USA ICSICT2006 - 8th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology (Session E1: Device Modeling I & II), Oct. 23-26, 2006, Shanghai, China MOS-AK/ESSCIRC2006 Modeling Workshop - Sep. 22, 2006, Montreux, Switzerland BMAS2006 - IEEE International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, Sep. 14-15, 2006, San Jose, USA CICC2006- 28th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (Session 18 - Productivity Enhancement and Design Optimization; Session 24: Modeling for RF; Session 29 - Modeling and EDA Challenges in Nano-CMOS), Sep. 10-13, 2006, San Jose, USA WIMNACT - 11th Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology, Jul. 4, 2006, Singapore MIXDES2006 - special compact modeling session, Jun. 23-25, 2006, Gdynia, Poland WCM2006- 5th Workshop on Compact Modeling, May 9-11, 2006, Boston, USA MOS-AK Meeting - HVMOS Modeling, Mar. 24, 2006, Stuttgart, Germany ASP-DAC - 3rd International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 24, 2006, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan IEDM2005 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 9: Compact Models), Dec. 5, 2005, Washington DC, USA BMAS2005 - IEEE International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, Sep. 22-23, 2005, San Jose, USA CICC2005 - 27th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, (Session 29: Advanced MOS Modeling Techniques), Sep. 18-21, 2005, San Jose, USA MOS-AK/ESSDERC Workshop - Principles and Practice of the Compact Modelling and its Standardization, Sep. 16, 2005, Grenoble, France MIXDES2005 - Advanced Compact Modeling and its Standardization: Compact Models as Link between R&D, Foundry and IC Desing, Jun. 22-25, 2005, Kraków, Poland HICUM'05 - 5th European HICUM Workshop, Jun. 6-7, 2005, Crolles, France WCM2005 - 4th Workshop on Compact Modeling, May 10-12, 2005, Anaheim, USA ISQED - 6th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (Tutorial on Compact Modeling and Analysis for Nanometer-scale CMOS Design), Mar. 21-23, 2005, San Jose, USA ASP-DAC - 2nd International Workshop on Compact Modeling (IWCM), Jan. 20, 2005, Shanghai, China IEDM2004 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 31: Compact Modeling), Dec. 13-15, 2004, San Francisco, USA CICC2004 - 26th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, (Session 2: Advanced MOSFET Modeling), Sep. 18-21, 2004, San Jose, USA ICSICT2004 - 7th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology (Session D1: Compact Device Modeling & Session D5: Novel Device Modeling and Simulation), Oct. 18-21, 2004, Beijing, China BMAS2004 - IEEE International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, Oct. 21-22, 2004, San Jose, USA FSA - Design Modeling Workshop, Oct. 4-5, 2004, Santa Clara, USA MOS-AK/ESSCIRC Workshop - Sep. 20, 2004, Leuven, Belgium SISPAD2004 - International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (Session 16: Advanced Compact Models), Sep. 2-4, 2004, Munich, Germany FSA - IMS/RF Foundry Committee PDK Working Group, Aug. 25, 2004 HICUM'04 - 4th European HICUM Workshop, June 15-16, 2004, Bordeaux, France WIMNACT04 - 4th Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology, Jul. 12, 2004, Singapore MIXDES2004 - Advanced Compact Modeling and its Standardization, Jun. 24-26, 2004, Szczecin, Poland SCM - Symposium on Compact Modeling, May 7, 2004, Sunnyvale, USA WCM2004 - 3rd Workshop on Compact Modeling, Mar. 9-11, 2004, Boston, USA IWCM - 1st International Workshop on Compact Modeling, Jan. 27, 2004, Yokohama, Japan IEDM2003 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 36: Compact Modeling), Dec. 7-10, 2003, Washington, DC, USA WIMNACT - 3rd Workshop and IEEE EDS Mini-colloquium on NAnometer CMOS Technology, Oct. 15, 2003, Singapore BMAS2003 - IEEE International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, Oct. 7-8, 2003, San Jose, USA CMRF2003 - Workshop on Compact Modeling for RF/Microwave Applications, Oct. 1, 2003, Toulouse, France CICC2003 - 25th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, (Session 11: Advanced MOSFET Modeling), Sep. 21-24, 2003, San Jose, USA ESSCIRC2003 - Advanced Compact Modeling Workshop, Sep. 19, 2003, Estoril, Portugal SISPAD2003 - International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (Session 9: Compact Models), Sep. 3-5, 2003, Boston, USA HICUM'03 - 3rd European HICUM Workshop, Jun. 26, 2003, Dresden, Germany WCM2003 - 2nd Workshop on Compact Modeling, Feb. 25-27, 2003, San Francisco, USA IEDM2002 - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Session 5: Compact Modeling), Dec. 8-11, 2002, San Francisco, USA FSA - Design Modeling Workshop, Sep. 9-10, 2002, Santa Clara, USA CICC2002 - 24th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, (Session 11: Modeling for RF Design), May 12-15, 2002, Orlando, USA WCM2002 - 1st Workshop on Compact Modeling, Apr. 23-25, 2002, Puerto Rico, USA
Forum	Designer's Guide Forum: Modeling - Semiconductor Devices Simulators - Circuit Simulators Blog on CM
Conferences	IEDM - IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting DAC - Design Automation Conference EDS - IEEE EDS Meetings Calendar CAS- IEEE Circuits and Systems Conferences IEEE - ConferenceSearch ISI Web of Knowledge (ISI Proceedings) database
Journals	ED - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices EDL - IEEE Electron Device Letters CAD - IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems JSSC - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits C&D - IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine SSE- Solid-State Electronics
Organizations	NSTI - Nano Science and Technology Institute MARCO - Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation SRC - Semiconductor Research Corporation SEMATECH - SEmiconductor MAnufacturing TECHnology SIA - Semiconductor Industry Association STARC - Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center CEDA - IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation EDAC - Electronic Design Automation Consortium GSA - Global Semiconductor Alliance
News	Si2 - Acquisition of the CMC (WSJ; EETimes; BW; May 31, 2013) NEEDS - New Nano-Engineered Electronic Device Simulation initiative led by Purdue University [Introduction] (SRC, May 1, 2013; Reuters, May 1, 2013) iMOS - Interactive Modeling and Oline Simulation Platform, announced at the IWCM, Sydney (Jan. 30, 2012) BSIM-EKV collaboration annoucement (Sep. 16, 2011, MOS-AK) BSIM and EKV groups have agreed to collaborate on the long-term development and support of BSIM6 as an open-source MOSFET SPICE model for worldwide use. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage the long history and large user base of the BSIM model with the long experience and active role of EKV in furthering charge-based compact model. EE ProductCenter (May 10, 2005): Council elects two MOSFET models for standardization EE Times/eeDesign News (April 15, 2005): Silvaco integrates Hiroshima transistor model in simulators EE Times/eeDesign News (April 4, 2005): Philips, Penn State refine surface potential transistor model EE Times (February 24, 2005): European, Japanese transistor models vie to ease out BSIM EE Times/Semi News (February 24, 2005): EDA dodges export-control bullet aimed at simulation SSCS (March 2005): Donald O. Pederson, CAD Pioneer and SSCS Founder, Dies at 79

Updated: Aug. 15, 2014