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| The 53rd Annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting The 53rd annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, to be held here December 10-12, may go down as the most memorable edition in recent years, both from the outstanding technical program as well as from a rich offering of new topics and program changes. In addition, semiconductor-industry legend Morris Chang, Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, will deliver the keynote luncheon address. Twenty years ago, Dr. Chang pioneered the foundry business model and made TSMC into the worldwide business and technology leader in that area, a title it still holds. The IEDM is held each December, alternating between here and San Francisco. It is the world's premier forum for the presentation of applied research in microelectronic, nanoelectronic and bioelectronic devices. It spotlights more leading work in more areas of the field than any other conference, and draws some 2,000 of the world's top electronics scientists and engineers. This year, 243 papers will be given out of 691 submissions from researchers at corporate, university and government labs worldwide. The hallmark of every IEDM is the technical program. This year, details will be revealed on topics as varied as Intel's new 45-nm manufacturing technology for microprocessors... a novel communications concept for ambient electronic systems... record performance from silicon and compound semiconductor devices... a fully functional foundry technology platform for ultra-small 32-nm transistors... a timely Emerging Technologies session focused on energy-harvesting devices and techniques... a new scalable flash memory architecture... and many more. It is called "Device/Circuit Interactions in Highly-Scaled CMOS: Challenges and Potential Solutions." It will focus on pressing issues in technology scaling and how they may be addressed via collaborations between circuit designers and technology developers. The situation is that the electrical behavior of advanced-technology transistors now deviates quite a bit from idealized models, and devices must be tailored to specific circuit applications much more frequently than before. This year it will feature invited talks from leading experts around the world on ways energy-harvesting electron devices may contribute to solving the world's energy problems. In addition, because many envisioned nanoscale wireless devices and systems require in-situ methods of power generation, papers in the ET session will explore that topic as well. IEDM 2007 will open with three plenary talks, which are Combining Digital Optical MEMS, CMOS, and Algorithms for Unique Display Solutions" by Larry J. Hornbeck, Texas Instruments; "Roles of Quantum Nanostructures on the Evolution and Future Advances of Electronic and Photonic Devices" by Prof. Hiroyuki Sakaki, Toyota Technological Institute; "Automotive Electronics - Enabling the future of individual mobility" by Dr. Claus Schmidt, Robert Bosch GmbH). write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |