Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits
The Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits are two closely connected international conferences on semiconductor technology and circuits, thereby offering an opportunity to interact and synergize on topics of joint interest, spanning the range from process technology to systems-on-chip.
The Symposia take place once a year around the middle of June at locations alternating between Kyoto, Japan and Honolulu, USA. They bring together managers, engineers, and scientists from industry and academia around the world to discuss challenges in manufacturing and design of Very-large-scale integration circuits.
The Symposium on VLSI Technology started in 1981 while the Symposium on VLSI Circuits was established in 1987.
Beside regular presentations of technical papers, the Symposia comprise short courses, panel sessions, and invited talks conducted by experts in the field from both Industry and Academia.
Sponsors
The Symposium on VLSI Technology is sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics in cooperation with the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. The Symposium on VLSI Circuits is sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics in cooperation with the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and the IEEE Electron Devices Society. Extended versions of selected papers from the Symposium on VLSI Circuits are regularly published once a year in a special Issue of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits.Symposia 2019
The 2019 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits will be held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel, Kyoto, Japan between Sunday, 9-Jun-2019 and Friday, 14-Jun-2019. The Symposia theme for 2019 will be "Pushing the Limits of Semiconductors for United and Connected World."The Symposia Call for Papers have been posted for both and . There will be a Sunday Workshop on June 9 and a Short Course on June 10th. The technical program will be on June 11–13 followed by a Friday Forum on June 14.
Symposia 2018
The 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits were held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii on June 18–22, 2018.- The conference theme for 2018 was ""Technology, Circuits and Systems for Smart Living."
- The Circuits plenary session highlighted talks from Nvidia on and the use of semiconductor technologies that enable security systems.
- The Technology plenary session featured the role of memory technology enabling future computing systems in a talk from Micron Technology, as well as a presentation on AI-based cancer genomic medicine from University of Tokyo.
Symposia 2017
- For the first time, the Technology and Circuits Symposia fully overlapped, maximizing the opportunity to learn from and interact with experts from both sides of the conference.
- The for both Symposia are available online.
- covered 5 nm technology enablers, machine learning, and circuits for autonomous vehicles.
- VLSI Circuits Symposium 2017 hosted a new Demo Session, which will be held during the Symposium Joint Circuits/Technology Reception. At the demo session, authors of selected papers employed posters to augment their demonstrations.
- The Circuits plenary session included talks by Google on Waymo's self-driving car and from Panasonic on the topic of an interconnected IoT world.
- The Technology plenary session was headlined by talks from SoftBank and NXP Semiconductors.
- Several evening panels were held, with a chance to hear from a variety of industrial and academic thought leaders.
- A new was held on Friday, 9-Jun-2017, and was free for all paid registrants of the VLSI Symposia.
Symposia 2016
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- The conference theme for 2016 was "VLSI Inflection for a Smart Society," reflecting the transition from More Moore to More Than Moore technologies in support of the increasingly connected society enabled by the Internet of Things.
- The Circuits plenary session highlighted talks from Google on machine learning and Sony covering advances in and impact of image sensors.
- The Technology plenary session featured the impact of MEMS sensors in a talk from InvenSense, as well as a presentation on intelligent mobility from Nissan.
- The Executive Panel, moderated by Dan Hutcheson of VLSI Research Inc., included industry leaders discussing the "Semiconductor Business: Inflections Beyond Scaling."
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Symposia 2015
- Plenary sessions addressed robotics, technology needs for future consumer devices, commercialization of the Internet of Things, and autonomous driving.
- Joint technology and circuits sessions covered design in scaled technologies, design enablement, memory technologies, and 3D-integration.
- For the first time, the circuits symposium encouraged submissions of papers beyond the chip context in areas related to IoT sensing, industrial electronics, big data processing/storage systems, and robotics and smart car.
Symposia 2014
- Joint circuit and technology focus sessions were offered in the following special topics of mutual interest: 3D Circuits & Applications, 3D Systems & Packaging, Design/Technology Co-Optimization, Non-volatile & Emerging Memory, and SRAM & DRAM.
- This year, a Luncheon & Executive Panel did debate on "Emerging Semiconductor Industry Trends and Implications"
- A joint technology-circuits panel session addressed the question: "Who Gives Up on Scaling First: Device & Process Technology Engineers, Circuit Designers or Company Executives?
- The 2014 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits were preceded by three full-day short courses: "High Performance Mobile SoCs Enabled by 10nm SoC Technology" , "Advanced Data Converter & Mixed-Signal Circuit Design", and "Advanced Energy-Efficient Digital Design".
- Also, the Symposia were accompanied by two satellite workshops, the and the at the same location.
Symposia 2013
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- The Technical Programs are available on the Symposia's web site.
- Highlights of the technical program are provided in Chinese, Englisch, Japanese and Korean
- The Symposia were accompanied by two satellite workshops, the and the at the same location.
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Related Conferences
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- International Electron Devices Meeting
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