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   15 February 2008       ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER       Vol. 38, No. 4

   Online archive: http://www.sigda.org/newsletter

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Contents of this E-NEWSLETTER:

(1) SIGDA News
      Contributing author: Soheil Ghiasi <ghiasi@ucdavis.edu>
      Contributing author: Matthew Guthaus <mrg@soe.ucsc.edu>
      Contributing author: Umit Y Ogras <uogras@andrew.cmu.edu>
      Contributing author: Marc Riedel <mriedel@umn.edu>
      Contributing author: Lin Yuan <yuanl@synopsys.com>

(2) What Is Timing-Closure In High-End FPGAs?
      From: Igor Markov <imarkov@eecs.umich.edu>

(3) Paper Submission Deadlines
      From: Debjit Sinha <debjit.sinha@us.ibm.com>

(4) Upcoming Conferences and Symposia
      From: Debjit Sinha <debjit.sinha@us.ibm.com>

(5) Upcoming Funding Opportunities
      From: Qinru Qiu <qqiu@binghamton.edu>

(6) ACM Names 2007 A.M. Turing Award Winners

(7) Call For Papers: Hot Chips 20
      From: Alan Smith <smith@eecs.berkeley.edu>


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Dear ACM/SIGDA members,

Recently proposed changes to the SIGDA  bylaws were approved by the ACM SIG
Governing Board Executive Committee. Under recently approved procedural
changes by the SGB, certain minor changes in bylaws can be approved by the SGB
EC and sent on to the ACM Executive committee for approval without a formal
vote of the membership.    

However, SIGDA members have 30 days to register any objections. If at least 3%
of  SIGDA members object, then the bylaws changes must be voted on by the
entire membership.  Any challenges can be sent to Donna Cappo, Director of SIG
Services at: cappo@hq.acm.org  and must be received two weeks from today (by
03/07/08).  

Summary of changes: 

* The members of the EC will include the Chair, and Chairs for Awards,
Conferences, Technical Activities, Educational Activities,  Communications,
and Finance; one of the named Chairs will also be a Vice-Chair. The Past Chair
is not an elected official and may fill one of the named Chair positions.

* The officers are elected for three-year terms beginning July 1 of 2009. No
extension of terms shall be allowed.

* If the Past Chair does not wish to fill one of the named Chair positions, a
seventh EC member will be selected from the slate and the Past Chair will
have an ex-officio position on the Advisory Board. 

Current SIGDA bylaws can be viewed at :
http://www.acm.org/sigs/bylaws-contents/da_bylaws/ 

Proposed bylaws: http://www.sigda.org/proposed_bylaws.doc 

Diana Marculescu, Chair, ACM SIGDA;
Qing Wu, E-Newsletter Editor;
Matthew Guthaus, E-Newsletter Associate Editor;
Marc Riedel, E-Newsletter Associate Editor;
Debjit Sinha, E-Newsletter Associate Editor;
Qinru Qiu, E-Newsletter Associate Editor;
Lin Yuan, E-Newsletter Associate Editor;
Soheil Ghiasi, E-Newsletter Associate Editor;

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SIGDA News
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"Intel, Micron Tip NAND Interface Breakthrough"
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206101519
Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have unveiled a high-speed and souped-up
NAND flash-memory interface technology that is said to boost the data transfer
rates by up to five times over current devices.

"India's Fab City Investment to Top $7 Billion as Focus Moves to Solar"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206800125
The Indian government has approved an additional five companies to take part in
projects in Fab City, a proposed semiconductor manufacturing location near
Hyderabad. This would take the total investment in Fab City to $7 billion. 

"Claiming Parallels, EDA Vets Bet on New Drug Development"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206106869
Citing similarities, EDA industry veterans say techniques used for chip design
can be adopted for new drug discovery and development. While the results of
applying EDA tools to drug discovery may take awhile, proponents here argue
that the technology could speed development of new drugs to fight disease. 

"Intel, NEC to Develop Power Management ICs"
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6528477.html?industryid=47037
To combine power management, logic, audio and communications functions in a
single chip, chip giant Intel Corp has teamed with Kawasaki, Japan-based NEC
Electronics Corp and its US subsidiary, NEC Electronics America Inc on power
management ICs (PMICs) optimized for mobile Internet devices (MIDs).

"DARPA Seeks University Research Funding to Extend CMOS"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206106350
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is seeking an additional
$20 million in fiscal 2009 for semiconductor research at U.S. universities.
According to budget documents and an industry group, the new Darpa budget
request would be fund research within the a university program established
nearly a decade ago called the Focus Center Research Program. 

"First GHz Chip to Be Interconnected With Nanotubes"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504064
The world's first CMOS circuit using nanotubes as an interconnect was recently
designed at Stanford University, in cooperation with Toshiba Corp. I t was
fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). The 256 ring
oscillators on the 11,000- transistor chip ran at 1 GHz, rivaling the speed of
other advanced CMOS chips (the iPhone's processor runs at 700 MHz).

"Fast Virtual Platforms Open Up Multicore Software Development"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206107056
As research pushes for better programming models for multiprocessor and
multicore (MC) embedded systems, virtual platforms solve one of today's biggest
challenges in these systems: software debugging and validation. In addition to
enabling software development long before hardware availability, virtual
platforms are a practical enabler for MC systems today by their provision of
better software development and debugging support than actual hardware. 

"Wii to Trump PS3, Xbox 360 as Leading Video-Game Console"
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6532510.html?industryid=47037
The Nintendo Wii is expected to overcome Microsoft.s Xbox 360 and Sony's
PlayStation 3 to become the new-generation video-game console with the world's
largest installed base in 2008, thanks to interest from casual gamers, iSuppli
reports. Still, hard-core users aren't going away, and the market research
company estimates that in 2011, the installed base of the PS3 will once again
exceed that of the Wii. 

"Intel Accused of Patent Infringement In Core 2 Duo By Wisconsin Tech Transfer
Office"
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6530464.html?industryid=47037
Technology transfer office Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
announced Wednesday it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel
Corp for alleged patent infringement of a University of Wisconsin-Madison
invention that significantly improves the efficiency and speed of computer
processing.

"Multicore Puts Screws to Parallel-Programming Models"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504466
Leaders in mainstream computing are intensifying efforts to find a
parallel-programming model to feed the multicore processors already on chip
makers' drawing boards. Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have awarded an
estimated $10 million, five-year grant to help fund a new Parallel Computing
Lab at the University of California at Berkeley, with 14 faculty members
initially involved. As many as 20 universities, including MIT, Stanford and the
University of Illinois, competed for funding. 

"Thin-Films Hold Promise For Implantable Pharmacies-On-a-Chip"
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504429
Thin-films are enabling implantable pharmacies-on-a-chip that use electric
fields to dispense drugs on-demand, rather than depend on patients remembering
to take their meds. The implants could also be located directly at the site
where they are needed; for instance, automatically dispensing cancer drugs at a
surgery site when active circuitry on the chip senses that an excised tumor
starts to regrow.

"Biologists Use Computers To Study Bacterial Cell Division"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080124233635.htm
A group of computational biologists at Virginia Tech have created a
mathematical model of the process that regulates cell division in a common
bacterium, confirming hypotheses, providing new insights, identifying gaps in
what is understood so far, and demonstrating the role of computation in
biology.

"Computational Science: A Hard Statistical View"
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7179/full/451639a.html
The sheer number of variables and logical conditions makes some computing
problems seem intractable. Statistical physics, normally used to study huge
groups of interacting particles, can supply powerful tools to crack them.

"Life, But Not As We Know It"
http://www.biotechnews.com.au/index.php/id;1710915636
To paraphrase Star Trek medic Dr James McCoy: it's life, Jim, but not as we
know it. It's obviously intelligently designed.  Professor Chris Voigt's
living inventions include microorganisms programmed with DNA-coded logic and
operational circuits. He has equipped bacteria with genetic machinery to
synthesise and secrete super-strong spider silk, and developed bacterial
compounds to seek out, invade and destroy cancers.

"IC Verification Key: 'Do It Step By Step, Don't Cut Corners'"
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6530368.html
The EDA industry hasn't come up with a silver bullet to reduce the amount of
functional verification IC engineers need to perform to get chips out the door
in a timely manner, but a DesignCon panel advises adherence to a strict
methodology to better your chances of producing chips that avoid respins.


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What Is Timing-Closure In High-End FPGAs ?
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http://www.pldesignline.com/205917199


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Paper Submission Deadlines:
----------------------------

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
Aug, 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/

SBCCI 2008 - 21st Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design (25
years edition)
Gramado, Brazil
Sep 1-7, 2008
Deadline: Mar 24, 2008
http://www.sbc.org.br/sbcci

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/

ICM'08 - Int'l Conference on Microelectronics (technically co-sponsored by
IEEE-VSATC)
Sharjah, UAE
December 14-16, 2008
Deadline: May 1, 2008
http://www.ieee-icm.com/

ASP-DAC'09 - Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (sponsored by
SIGDA)
Yokohama, Japan
Jan 19-22, 2009
Deadline: July 14, 2008
http://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2009/


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Upcoming Symposia, Conferences and Workshops:
---------------------------------------------

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
Feb 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

RSP'08 - Int'l Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping
Monterey, CA
Jun 2-5, 2008
http://www.rsp-workshop.org/

ICAC'08 - Int'l Conference on Autonomic Computing
Chicago, IL
Jun 2-6, 2008
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~icac2008/

MEMOCODE'08 - Int'l Conference on Formal Methods and Models for Codesign
(sponsored by SIGDA)
Anaheim, CA
Jun 5-7, 2008
http://svl1.cs.pdx.edu/memocode08/

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

CAV'08 - Int'l Conference on Computer Aided Verification
Princeton, PA
Jul 7-14, 2007
http://www.princeton.edu/cav2008/


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Upcoming Funding Opportunities
-------------------------------

DOC

Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEEL) Grants Program
Deadline: June 15, 2008
http://frwebgate6.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=357011418945+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve


Microsoft

Power Aware Computing
Deadline: March 11, 2008
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/rfps/PowerAware_RFP.aspx

Safe and Scalable Multicore Computing
Deadline: March 13, 2008
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/rfps/SafeScalableMulticore_RFP.aspx


SRC

GRC Research in Verification
Deadline: February 26, 2008, 3 p.m. ET
http://grc.src.org/fr/S200802_Call.asp


Packard Foundation, David and Lucille

Fellowships for Science and Engineering
Deadline: March 15, 2008
http://www.packard.org/genericDetails.aspx?RootCatID=3&CategoryID=152


James S. McDonnell Foundation

Studying Complex Systems - 21st Century Science Collaborative Activity
Deadline: continuous
http://www.jsmf.org/programs/cs/


DOE

Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)  (DE-PS02-08ER08-01)
Deadline: September 30, 2008
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.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

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

Sensory System (AFOSR BAA 2007-1)
Deadline: Continuous
http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf

Software and Systems
Deadline: Continuous
http://www.afosr.af.mil/research.htm

 
NSF

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

Computer Systems Research (CSR) Program - NSF 08-538
Deadline: April 23, 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08538/nsf08538.htm

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)
Deadline: April 24, 2008
http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759&org=CISE&from=home

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

Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure (STCI)
Deadline: August 14, 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066

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


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ACM Names 2007 A.M. Turing Award Winners
---------------------------

ACM has named Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis the
recipients of the 2007 A.M. Turing Award for their original and continuing
research in a quality assurance process known as Model Checking.

Their innovations transformed the approach from a theoretical technique to a
highly effective verification technology that enables computer hardware and
software engineers to find errors efficiently in complex system designs, thus
increasing the assurance that the systems perform as intended by the
designers.

Clarke of Carnegie Mellon University, and Emerson of the University of Texas
at Austin, working together, and Sifakis, working independently for the Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique at the University of Grenoble in France,
developed this fully automated approach that is now the most widely used
verification method in the hardware and software industries.

The Turing Award, first presented in 1966, and named for British mathematician
Alan M. Turing, is widely considered the "Nobel Prize in Computing." It
carries a $250,000 prize, with financial support provided by Intel Corporation
and Google Inc.

ACM will present the Turing Award at the annual ACM Awards Banquet on June 21,
2008, in San Francisco, CA.

For additional information on the A.M. Turing Award, visit:
http://awards.acm.org/turing


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Call For Papers: HOT CHIPS 20
-----------------------------

HOT CHIPS 20: A Symposium on HighPerformance Chips

               Stanford University
              Palo Alto, California
               August 2426, 2008

AUTHOR'S  SCHEDULE

Deadline for submissions:    March 24, 2008
Notification of acceptance:   May 1, 2008
Deadline for final version:    July 2, 2008

AREAS OF INTEREST:

* General Purpose Processor Chips:
   Low-Power, High-Performance, Multi-Core, Multi-Processor Technologies,
   interconnect,  programming models, compilers, runtime systems,
* Other Chips:
   Novel Technology: Quantum Computing, NanoStructures, Micro-Arrays,
   Low-power chips/Dynamic Power Management, Communication/Networking,
   Chipsets, Wireless LAN/Wireless WAN, FPGAs and FPGA Based Systems,
   Display Technology
* ApplicationSpecific / Embedded Processors:
   Systems-on-Chip, Mobile Phone, Digital Signal Processing,
   Network/Security, Graphics/Multimedia/Game
* Software:
   Compiler technology, Operating System/Chip Interaction,
   Performance Evaluation
* Other Technologies:
   Advanced Packaging Technology, Reliability and Design for Test,
   Advanced Semiconductor Process Technology

AUTHOR INFORMATION AND FORMAT

Presentations at HOT CHIPS are in the form of 30minute talks in the form of
PowerPoint or .PDF.  Presentation slides will be published in the HOT CHIPS
Proceedings.  Participants are not required to submit written papers, but a
select group will be invited to submit a paper for inclusion in a special
issue of IEEE Micro.

Submissions must consist of a title, extended abstract (two pages maximum.),
and the presenter's contact information (name, affiliation, job title,
address, phone(s), fax, and email).  Please indicate whether you have
submitted, intend to submit, or have already presented or published a similar
or overlapping  submission to another conference or journal. Also indicate if
you would like the submission to be held confidential.

Submissions are evaluated by the Program Committee on the basis of performance
of the device(s), degree of innovation, use of advanced technology, potential
market significance, and anticipated interest to the audience.  Research and
software contributions will be evaluated with similar criteria.

Please submit your extended abstract by March  24, 2008 via:

    https://www.softconf.com/starts/hotchips20

Authors will be notified as to acceptance by May 1, 2008.
Send questions relating to the program to the program chairs at:

    program2008@hotchips.org

and questions relating to conference operation or organization to
the general chair, Don Draper at:

    info2008@hotchips.org

Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Microprocessors and
Microcomputers of the IEEE Computer Society and
the Solid State Circuits Society.

Program Committee CoChairs

   Christos Kozyrakis               Stanford
   JanWillem van de Waerdt         NXP Semiconductors

Check the HOT CHIPS 20 web page for updates:

    http://www.hotchips.org


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