7th IEEE EWDTS SYMPOSIUM

The main target of the IEEE East-West Design & Test Symposium (EWDTS 2009) is to exchange experiences between the scientists and technologies of the Eastern and Western Europe, as well as North America and other parts of the world, in the field of design, design automation and test of electronic systems. The symposium aims at attracting scientists especially from countries around the Black Sea, the Baltic states and Central Asia.

Symposium Deadlines:

• Submission deadline: May 30th, 2009
• Notification of acceptance: August 1st, 2009

Please go to http://www.molesystems.com/welcome/tttc/EWDTS/2008/login.php to submit your paper.

Olympics of semiconductors

"Olympics of semiconductors!" ISSCC 2009 was held in San Francisco, California from Feb 8 to 12, 2009 with more papers form Asia.

(source: Nikkei Electronics Asia -- April 2009)

“Living with Variability” - Are You Ready?

• How to understand and manage variability impact at 45nm and below?
• What impact does variability have on interfacing the Foundry?
• How will the industry characterise and model variability?

answers: Living with Variability: 12th & 13th May 2009. Savoy Place, London

36th Birthday Party for SPICE

SPICE (“Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis”) was announced to the world on April 12, 1973. So, in honor of SPICE’s thirty-sixth “birthday”, here is a link to the first of several interactive posts about how SPICE works:

http://signal-integrity-tips.com/2009/circuit-simulation-part-one-spice-turns-thirty-six/

MOS-AK/GSA Frankfurt(O) meeting on-line publications

MOS-AK/GSA Frankfurt(O) meeting on-line publications are available:

http://www.mos-ak.org/frankfurt_o
http://www.mos-ak.org/frankfurt_o/posters.php

Together with the IHP Team we have also issued the press release:
"Europäische Experten beraten zu konkreten Problemen der Beschreibung von
CMOS Bauelementen "
http://www.ihp-microelectronics.com/fileadmin/press/PM_AK_MOS020409.pdf
(an English version will be available soon)

in the meantime, read info about coming modeling events:
* Munich: June 2-3, http://www.gsaietsemiconductorforum.com/
* Warsaw: June 22-24, http://www.dy.imio.pw.edu.pl/
* Lodz: June 25-27, http://www.mixdes.org/Special_sessions.htm
* Athens: Sept. 18, http://www.mos-ak.org/athens

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The Global MOS-AK/GSA CM Working Group Committee:
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North America: Pekka Ojala, Exar Corporation
South America: Gilson I Wirth; UFRGS; Brazil
Europe: Ehrenfried Seebacher, austriamicrosystems AG
Asia/Pacific: Al Kordesch, Silterra Malaysia
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