=============================================================================== SIGDA -- The Resource for EDA Professionals http://www.sigda.org This newsletter is a free service for current SIGDA members and is added automatically with a new SIGDA membership. Circulation: 2,700 =============================================================================== 15 January 2008 ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER Vol. 38, No. 2 Online archive: http://www.sigda.org/newsletter =============================================================================== Contents of this E-NEWSLETTER: (1) SIGDA News Contributing author: Lin Yuan Contributing author: Marc Riedel Contributing author: Matthew Guthaus Contributing author: Qing Wu (2) What is Electronic Contact Lens ? Author: R. Colin Johnson, EE Times (3) Paper Submission Deadlines From: Debjit Sinha (4) Upcoming Conferences and Symposia From: Debjit Sinha (5) Upcoming Funding Opportunities From: Qinru Qiu =============================================================================== Dear ACM/SIGDA members, In this issue, we have included a new "What is Electronic Contact Lens?" column by R. Colin Johnson from EE Times. In addition, "SIGDA News" column contains a number of fresh headlines. We have also updated the contents of other regular columns. 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. Qing Wu, E-Newsletter Editor; Matthew Guthaus, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Marc Riedel, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Qinru Qiu, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Lin Yuan, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Hai Zhou, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; =============================================================================== SIGDA News ----------------------- "EDA Revenue, Employment Up" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6522765.html Both revenue and employment are up in the EDA industry, with significant growth coming from outside North America, the EDA Consortium (EDAC) has reported. According to the group, EDA industry revenue for Q3 2007 grew 7.2% to more than $1.4 billion, near flat with Q2 2007 EDAC numbers and up from the $1.3 billion recorded in Q3 2006. The four-quarter average growth rate, which compares the most recent four quarters to the same four quarters in the prior year, was 12.3%. "Memory Goes Multicore" http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CVELC0EFQ1TMGQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=205604434 In the 21st century, instead of depending on continually shrinking design rules, microprocessor makers are harnessing multiple cores for parallel execution. Memory chip architectures, however, have not kept up, according to a cryptographer who claims to have created a memory chip architecture for the 21st century - one that matches multicore microprocessors with parallel, concurrent access to multiple memory chips. "CMOS Power Amps Pave Way For One-Chip Phones" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205210450 One area that the CMOS process has not been able to successfully penetrate, however, is the power amplifier (PA) block, which remains a key element within the cell phone. Recently, a new technique has emerged that makes it possible to design a PA using CMOS processes, such that it can be housed in a simple plastic package. Distributed active transformer (DAT) technology, as it is called, employs a geometry that enables a relatively low-Q semiconductor metal to be used to provide a transformer-based matching circuit, eliminating the need for a module package. Distributing the PA core into several blocks and combining the power using the transformer structure means, in conjunction with several other patented techniques, that a high-breakdown transistor is not required. "IEEE Conference Follows CES Into Future" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205602984 While the 2008 International CES delivered an explosion of cutting edge technologies, the IEEE Conference on Consumer Electronics also held this week in Las Vegas probed university and industry research. "Raising the Bar For the Radio: Making 802.11n Work" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205210447 As the next generation in wireless local area networking (WLAN) development, 802.11n aims to open up a new world of high-speed local networking. This new technology will have the bandwidth required for high-definition video, high-quality audio and data-intensive applications such as interactive gaming. It will likely drive a change in the way networks are used throughout homes and offices. For designers of the power amplifier (PA) in the 802.11n radio, it is more challenging than ever to define and achieve the levels of radio-frequency performance required to meet the 802.11n standard in increasingly small portable and mobile applications. "Novel Measurement Circuit Eases Battery-Stack-Cell Design" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6515356.html Automobiles, aircraft, marine vehicles, uninterruptible power supplies, and telecom hardware use series-connected battery stacks. These stacks of individual cells may contain many units, potentially reaching hundreds of volts. In such systems, it is desirable to accurately determine each individual cell's voltage. Obtaining this information in the presence of the high common-mode voltage that the battery stack generates is more difficult than you might suppose. "Depletion-Mode MOSFET Kick-Starts Power Supply" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6515351.html Many switch-mode power supplies use "kick-start" circuits to initialize their offline operation. These circuits may be simple resistors, such as International Rectifier's IRIS4015, or more complicated arrangements built with bipolar transistors or MOSFETs. These transistors provide the initial current for the flyback or PFC (power-factor-correction) IC. When such a power supply starts operating in normal mode, a supply voltage from a dedicated winding keeps supplying the PFC IC, thus reducing power consumption of the kick-start circuitry. "BMW - Cadence Partnership For F1 Development" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205900923 BMW Motorsport is to use technology from Cadence to develop its next generation of BMW Sauber Formula 1 racing car. Cadence Design Systems, Inc., BMW Motorsport and BMW Sauber AG, have signed a deal which includes sponsorship as well as technology collaboration. "EDA Ekes Out Modest Growth As Action Moves Offshore" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205604699 The latest statistics from the EDA Consortium show semiconductor and electronic design are continuing their gradual shift outside North America. The quarterly stats released Monday (Jan. 14) indicated modest single-digit growth overall for the sector that supplies chip and system design software. "Using FPGAs for HDTV Design" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6518686.html Today's rapid proliferation of large-screen HDTVs (high-definition televisions) requires the use of highly complex video-processing algorithms to achieve high resolution, which in turn necessitates faster data rates to address the many artifacts that viewers would not typically notice on smaller screens. To overcome these challenges, designers are now beginning to apply dynamic image-processing algorithms in FPGAs to convert and map digital-video signals onto display panels. Designers are using many approaches for handling, processing, and displaying clean, smooth images on flat-panel HDTVs. "Sensor Design Gets Systematic" http://www.embedded.com/products/integratedcircuits/205210325 Sensor manufacturers have continued to improve the sensitivity of their designs through engineering innovations derived from trial-and-error experimentation. Electrical engineers have been guided by "black art" principles, which sensor-gurus claim in abundance. Unfortunately, no overarching framework has been available that incorporates these principles into a methodology for new sensor designs. "Life From Scratch" http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080112/bob9.asp Maggots don't arise spontaneously out of dead, rotting meat. Aphids never materialize within drops of morning dew. Aristotle and others who believed in the spontaneous generation of life were dead wrong. The only time life arose from nonlife, biologists believe, was almost 4 billion years ago, when simple living cells first appeared on Earth. But now, with the help of a microscopic parasite that infects people's genitals, researchers may rehabilitate the core of Aristotle's idea. "Physical Predictability For Carbon-Neutral Timing Closure" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205208650 Green requirements are no longer a newspaper caption but have become an important topic for logic designers. Ever increasing power densities, combined with a global push to contain power consumption in electronic devices, have brought power conservation to the forefront of logic design. But design techniques to manage power must coexist with techniques to achieve speed and performance. To make it all work, designers must introduce more information about the electrical effects of the physical implementation into early stages of the design flow. "Graphene Quantum Dot May Solve Some Quantum Computing Problems" http://www.physorg.com/news119632225.html Around the world, many scientists are working on various models of a quantum computer. One of the proposed models is a quantum computer that makes use of electron spins. And while quantum dots in gallium arsenide have been used to accomplish the first steps in this direction, there are certain problems that come with a spin-based quantum computer that uses gallium arsenide. Klaus Ensslin, a scientist at the Solid State Physics Laboratory in Zurich, believes that he and his colleagues may have found a new approach. "Mitsubishi Shows 3D TV in Real-time" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205208408 A researcher from Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (Cambridge Mass.) explains a complete real-time three-dimensional television capture and display system. It's complex but well explained. "Top Ten Products of 2007" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205207176 Vishay Intertechnology's wet tantalum high-energy capacitor was rated the most popular product for 2007. The HE3 capacitor is touted as having the highest capacitance of any similar device on the market, achieving a capacitance range of 3300 µF to 72000 µF and exhibiting low ESR of 0.035 ohms at 25°C and 1 kHz. "5 Things Open Source Needs in 2008" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205207084 There's little question that open source software -- and the open source philosophy -- has made giant strides in 2007. As tempting as it can be to just look back and feel good about our progress, it's the right time for the community to take a long look forward and figure out what needs to be done to continue -- and even accelerate -- momentum. "MEMS Sensors: Good Medicine" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205207022 Microelectromechanical-system-based inertial and motion sensors are finding slots in medical applications, with demand fueled by implantable devices that must be highly reliable and very small, as well as by handheld devices for home monitoring and diagnostics. "Be Cautious of Non-quantitative 2008 Forecasts, Market Researchers Say" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6522672.html?industryid=47037 Sales of worldwide wafer processing equipment for January through November 2007 were 13% above the same time period in 2006, according to Saratoga, Calif.-based market research company Advanced Forecasting Inc. The company pointed out that since equipment bookings have been deteriorating continuously, it expects the final growth number for 2007 to be close to 10%. "Consumer Electronics Sales to Reach $171B in 2008" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6522033.html?industryid=47037 The consumer electronics (CE) industry is projected to increase revenue by 6.1% to $171 billion in 2008, exceeding expectations despite a challenging domestic economic situation, according to Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) president and CEO Gary Shapiro, who spoke earlier this week at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). "Used Semiconductor Equipment Market on the Rise" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6522077.html?industryid=47037 Based on analysis of probable fab closures and fabs for sale, the used semiconductor equipment market will show tremendous growth in the next two year, growing from $300 million in 2007 to more than $8 billion in 2009, according to Phoenix-based research company Semiconductor Partners, part of Semico Research. "NAND Flash Demand Bit Growth to Exceed 130% in 2008" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6518673.html?industryid=47037 Demand for NAND flash is positive within the electronics supply chain, according to a study from DRAMeXchange, which today projected that demand bit growth is expected to surpass 130% year over year in 2008. "The Changing Outsourcing Landscape in China" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6516038.html?industryid=47037 China is the world largest electronics manufacturing base for PCs, handsets, TVs, and other digital-portable products. At present, EMS (electronics manufacturing services), including international, Taiwanese, and local players, represents a major business in China. However, Chinese OEMs have started outsourcing to reduce cost, making use of new manufacturing processes to reach new markets. Outsourcing is becoming more and more popular in China, not only from international OEMs to Chinese EMS companies, but also from Chinese OEMs to international EMS providers, as well as from Chinese OEMs to Chinese EMS companies. Yet even given these trends, a look at the list of the world's top EMS companies reveals that China lacks big EMS players. "Future Horizons: Semiconductor Industry at Start of Next Growth Phase" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6516277.html?industryid=47037 In its monthly update report, U.K.-based market research firm Future Horizons said it remains convinced that the industry is at the start of the next growth phase, which started in Q1 2006, only to be knocked of course in Q1 2007, with the trend recovering in Q3 2007 and suspected to have risen again in Q4 2007, which is typical of past recoveries whereby the slow path of recovery is temporarily knocked off course by an industry wobble. ============================================================================== What is Electronic Contact Lens ? ----------------------------------- R. Colin Johnson, EE Times http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205916535 ============================================================================== Paper Submission Deadlines: ---------------------------- RSP'08 - Int'l Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping Monterey, CA Jun 2-5, 2008 Deadline: Jan 19, 2008 (extended) http://www.rsp-workshop.org/ CAV'08 - Int'l Conference on Computer Aided Verification Princeton, PA Jul 7-14, 2007 Deadline: Jan 28, 2008 http://www.princeton.edu/cav2008/ MEMOCODE'08 - Int'l Conference on Formal Methods and Models for Codesign (sponsored by SIGDA) Anaheim, CA Jun 5-7, 2008 Deadline: Feb 1, 2008 http://svl1.cs.pdx.edu/memocode08/ ICICDT'08 - Int'l Conference on IC Design & Technology Minatec in Grenoble, France Jun 2-4, 2008 Deadline: Feb 29, 2008 http://www.icicdt.org/ ISLPED'08 - Int'l Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design Bangalore, India August, 2008 Deadline: Mar 3, 2008 http://www.islped.org/ MWSCAS'08 - Int'l Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems Knoxville, TN Aug 10-13, 2008 Deadline: Mar 12, 2008 http://www.eecs.utk.edu/mwscas/ FPL'08 - Int'l Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications Heidelberg, Germany Sep 8-10, 2008 Deadline: Mar 16, 2008 http://fpl.org/ IWLS'08 - Int'l Workshop on Logic & Synthesis San Diego, CA Jun 4-6, 2008 Deadline: Mar 19, 2008 http://www.iwls.org/ PACT'08 - Int'l Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques Toronto, Canada Oct 25-29, 2008 Deadline: Mar 28, 2008 http://www.pactconf.org/ ESWEEK'08 - Embedded Systems Week (CASES, CODES+ISSS, and EMSOFT) Atlanta, GA Oct 19-24, 2008 Deadline: Apr 14, 2008 http://www.esweek.org/ ============================================================================== Upcoming Symposia, Conferences and Workshops: --------------------------------------------- ASP-DAC'08 - Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (sponsored by SIGDA) Seoul, Korea Jan 21-24, 2008 http://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2008/ HiPEAC'08: Int'l Conference on High Performance Embedded Architectures & Compilers Goteborg, Sweden Jan 27-29, 2008 http://www.hipeac.net/hipeac2008/ ISSCC'08 - Int'l Solid-State Circuits Conference San Francisco, CA Feb 3-7, 2008 http://isscc.org/isscc/ LATW'08 - Latin-American Test Workshop Puebla, Mexico Feb 17-20, 2008 http://www-elec.inaoep.mx/latw2008/ FPGA'08 Int'l Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (sponsored by SIGDA) Monterey, California February 24-26, 2008 http://www.isfpga.org TAU'08 - Int'l Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems (Sponsored by SIGDA) Monterey, CA Feb 25-26, 2008 http://www.tauworkshop.com/ DATE'08 - Design Automation and Test in Europe (sponsored by SIGDA) Munich, Germany Mar 10-14, 2008 http://www.date-conference.com/ ISQED'08 - Int'l Symposium on Quality Electronic Design San Jose, CA Mar 17-19, 2008 http://www.isqed.org/ SPL'08 - Southern Conference on Programmable Logic Bariloche-Patagonia, Argentina Mar 26-28, 2008 http://www.splconf.org/ SLIP'08 - Int'l Workshop on System Level Interconnect Prediction Newcastle, UK Apr 5-6, 2008 http://www.sliponline.org/ ISVLSI'08 - Annual Symposium on VLSI Montpellier, France Apr 7-9, 2008 http://www.lirmm.fr/isvlsi2008/ ASYNC'08: Int'l Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems Newcastle, UK Apr 7-11, 2008 http://async.org.uk/async2008/ NOCS'08 - Int'l Symposium on Networks-on-Chips Newcastle, UK Apr 7-11, 2008 http://async.org.uk/nocs2008/ RCE'08 - Reconfigurable Computing Education Montpellier, France Apr 10, 2008 http://helios.informatik.uni-kl.de/RCeducation08/ ISPD'08 - Int'l Symposium on Physical Design (sponsored by SIGDA) Portland, OR Apr 13-16, 2008 http://www.ispd.cc/ RAW'08 - Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop Miami, FL Apr 14-15, 2008 http://www.ece.lsu.edu/vaidy/raw/ RFID'08 - Conference on RFID Las Vegas, NV Apr 16-17, 2008 http://www.ieee-rfid.org/ GLSVLSI'08 - Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (Sponsored by SIGDA) Orlando, FL May 4-6, 2008 http://www.glsvlsi.org/ ISCAS'08 - Int'l Symposium on Circuits and Systems Seattle, WA May 18-21, 2008 http://iscas2008.org/ EWME'08 - European Workshop on Microelectronics Education Budapest, Hungary May 28-30, 2008 http://www.eet.bme.hu/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=160 ICAC'08 - Int'l Conference on Autonomic Computing Chicago, IL Jun 2-6, 2008 http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~icac2008/ DAC'08 - Design Automation Conference (sponsored by SIGDA) Anaheim, CA Jun 9-13, 2008 http://www.dac.com/ ACSD'08 - Int'l Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (sponsored by SIGDA) Xi.an, China June 23-27, 2008 http://ictt.xidian.edu.cn/acsd2008/Pages/ACSD_main.jsp ============================================================================== Upcoming Funding Opportunities ------------------------------- Packard Foundation, David and Lucille Fellowships for Science and Engineering Deadline: March 15, 2008 http://www.packard.org/genericDetails.aspx?RootCatID=3&CategoryID=152 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) AFCEA Ph.D. Fellowship Deadline: February 15, 2008 http://www.afcea.org/education/scholarships/graduate/grad3.asp James S. McDonnell Foundation Studying Complex Systems - 21st Century Science Collaborative Activity Deadline: continuous http://www.jsmf.org/programs/cs/ ETS Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Program Deadline: February 1, 2008 http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=a7d6d635e06ed010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=0d03d635e06ed010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (DE-PS02-08ER08-01) Deadline: September 30, 2008 http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html NIH Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery (R03) Deadline: February 16, 2008 June 16, 2008 October 16, 2008 http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-225.html DOD Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) Deadline: April 11, 2008 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070412a1 Modeling and Simulation for Information Systems Research Deadline: FY 09 should be submitted by June 1, 2008 FY 10 should be submitted by June 1, 2009 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20061030a9 Military Networking Technology for Global Information Exchange (GIE) Deadline: Continuous until September, 2008 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20040909a11 Enabling Technologies for Modeling and Simulation (BAA-03-12-IFKA) Deadline: September 30, 2008 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/BAA-03-12-IFKA/Modification%2005.html SPINS in Semiconductors Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/57993 Artificial Intelligence Technologies Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/baa.htm Quantum Information Science and Technology Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/0708baa/baa.htm Microsystems Technology Office-Wide Deadline: January 14, 2009 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-18/Attachments.html Advanced Electronic Materials, Devices, and Circuits for Space Electronics BAA-VS-06-05 Deadline: February 20, 2008 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=HQjdhFcPBG82TjCQMYZpjH5rzQjVByqvl26mQhmJKfJQwmt72wGH!-2021155620?oppId=16556&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW Warrior Systems Technologies - Body-Worn Systems, Hand Held Devices, and Smart-Lightweight Electronic Components/Modules for Soldier Protection, Knowledge Management and Cognitive Improvement Deadline: Continuous. (April 1, 2007 ~ March 31, 2009) https://www3.natick.army.mil/ssbaa.htm Joint National Training Capability Broad Agency Announcement Deadline: May 14, 2009 http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/Ebusiness/BusOps/Acquisitions/Index.cfm?RND=220990 TRADOC FOC-03-06: Situational Understanding Deadline: Continuous until August 26, 2009 https://abop.monmouth.army.mil/baas.nsf/1f6c118700adf19d85256d3d0051f9a2/31926e7d7d4b2e9285256f6d0056ce06?OpenDocument BAA for Simulation and Training Technology R&D Deadline: Continuous until December 31, 2010 http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/EBusiness/BusOps/Acquisitions/Index.cfm?RND=868451 Army Research Office (ARO) Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research (W911NF-07-R-0003) Deadline: Continuous through September 30, 2011 http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8 ARL/ARO Core Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2011 (W911NF-07-R-0001) Deadline: Continuous through September 30, 2011 http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8 High Density Optical Memory Deadline: Continuous http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf Quantum Electronic Solids Deadline: Continuous http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf Distributed Intelligence Deadline: Continuous http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf NSF Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) - NSF 07-589 Deadline: February 8, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07589/nsf07589.htm Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure (STCI) Deadline : February 14, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund Engineering Design (ED) Deadline : February 15, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13340 Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation (EMT) Deadline: March 13, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503220&org=CISE&from=home Assembling the Tree of Life (ATOL) Deadline: March 14, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5129&org=CISE&from=home Theoretical Foundations 2008 (TF08) Deadline: March 31, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500026&org=CISE&from=home Petascale Computing Resource Allocations (PRAC) - NSF 08-529 Deadline: March 31, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08529/nsf08529.htm High End Computing University Research Activity (HECURA) - NSF 08-531 Deadline: April 8, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08531/nsf08531.htm Expeditions in Computing Deadline: Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required): July 10, 2008 July 10, Annually Thereafter Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required): September 10, 2008 September 10, Annually Thereafter http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07592/nsf07592.htm Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Deadline: February 26, 2008 October 30, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5147&org=CISE&from=home High Performance Computing Acquisition: Towards a Petascale Computing Environment for Science and Engineering - NSF 05-625 Deadline: November 28, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05625/nsf05625.htm ============================================================================== Notice to Authors By submitting your contributions to ACM SIGDA, you acknowledge that they contain only your own work (minor edits by others are allowed) and are not subject to third-party licenses and copyrights. 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