IMEC’s

TAD Technology Aware Design Program

http://www.imec.be/tad

 

In collaboration with

 

CALIT Center of Advanced Learning in Information Technologies

Official CALIT website with abstract and calendar: http://www.imec.be/ovinter/static_training/CALIT.shtml

 

 

13 November 2007 TAD autumn seminar

IMEC auditorium

Kapeldreef 75

3001 Leuven, Belgium

 

Theme:

“Can design(-ers) influence technology”

 

 

chairperson: miguel.miranda@imec.be

 

agenda for 13 November 2007

AGENDA 13 November 2007

09.00:

Welcome and General Intro
Miguel Miranda, IMEC

09.10:

Holistic Pathfinding from Process to Architecture - Challenges for Integrated Fabless Manufacturers
Matt Nowak, Qualcomm CDMA technologies, San Diego, USA
abstract

10.00:

Technology-design interaction (front-end of line) – Viewpoint of a Semiconductor Foundry
Douglas Patello, TSMC

10.50:

Coffee break

11.10

Technology-design interaction – viewpoint of an Intellectual Property Provider
Yervant Zorian, Virage Logic, Fremont CA, USA

12.00:

Lunch

13.20:

Design Rules: From Restriction to Prescription
Leon Stok, IBM, USA
abstract

14.10:

Variability Aware Modeling predicts yield.  Does it also improve yield?
Bart Dierickx IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
abstract

15.00:

Coffee break

15.20:

Technology-design interaction – viewpoint of an EDA tool provider
Jan Jacobs, Magma Design Automation, USA

16.10:

Debate: “Don’t touch my technology/Don’t touch my design!!”

17.30:

End of program