Newsletter 6

LIVE Q&A video streaming started!
Registration opens until July 31.
ALL on-demand content available until August 31.

https://vlsisymposium.org/registration.html

See program details at https://vlsisymposium.org/program.html

ALL Dates & Deadline

Post-Conference Recap and Gratitude

On behalf of the organizing community, we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who contributed and participated in the 2021 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits. More than 1300 participants joined the Symposia, and we believe everyone can learn and discuss state-of-the-art semiconductor science and technology with the Symposia theme of “VLSI Systems for Lifestyle Transformation” through our online platform.

All the contents of on-demand technical presentations and recorded live programs are available until August 31st, 2021. For example, the live discussion of the joint panel, “The New Normal… How will it Change Work, Life and Education?” is unique to discuss how this pandemic changes our minds and behaviors, and changes our lives, work, and education. A variety of leading experts from Zen Buddhism, wellbeing science, computer-human interfaces to media art discussed and deepened the meaning of this irreversible change as well as the changing role of technologies. In the live circuit panel, “New Generation Chip Makers vs. the Incumbents ,” the critical ecosystem change of the semiconductor industries was discussed. Considering system companies like GAFA, AI startups and Tesla embraced in-house LSI development, how silicon innovation as well as supply change will change. The live forum discussed how the state-of-the-art sensors work together with intelligent AI algorithms such as transfer learning and federated learning with the environment of secure 5G/6G high- speed wireless networks. Especially, an intimate discussion has been presented about the smart AI-based manufacturing of semiconductor fabs.

Even though you might have missed the Symposia registration, you can register the Symposia online until July 31st and access all these recorded live contents as well as technical session presentations. I hope this great opportunity will be beneficial for you.

Shinya Yamakawa
Symposium Chair, Symposium on VLSI Technology

Ken Takeuchi
Symposium Chair, Symposium on VLSI Circuits

Best Demo Paper Award

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Energy-Efficient Reliable HZO FeFET Computation-in-Memory with Local Multiply & Global Accumulate Array for Source-Follower & Charge-Sharing Voltage Sensing, C. Matsui, K. Toprasertpong, S. Takagi and K. Takeuchi, The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

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C8-1 - 8:40 A Sub-mW Dual-Engine ML Inference System-on-Chip for Complete End-to-End Face-Analysis at the Edge, P. Jokic*, **, E. Azarkhish*, R. Cattenoz*, E. Türetken*, L. Benini** and S. Emery*, *CSEM and **ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Test of Time Award

A New Transmission Line Model For Silicided Diffusions: Impact On The Performance Of Vlsi Circuits
D. B. Scott, W.R. Hunter, S. Shichijo, Symp. VLSI Technology, paper 6-5, pp. 94 – 95 (1981)

A NAND structured cell with a new programming technology for highly reliable 5V-only FLASH EEPROM, R. Kirisawa, S. Aritome, R. Nakayama, T. Endoh, R. Shirota, F. Masuoka, Symp. VLSI Technology, paper T11-3, pp. 129 – 130 (1990)

A quick intelligent program architecture for 3V-only NAND-EEPROMs, T. Tanaka, Y. Tanaka, H. Nakamura, H. Oodaira, S. Aritome, R. Shirota, F. Masuoka, Symp. VLSI Circuits, paper 3-1, pp. 20 – 21 (1992)

Subthreshold-Current Reduction Circuits For Multi-Gigabit DRAM's, T. Sakata, M. Horiguchi and K. Itoh, Symp. VLSI Circuits, paper 5-3, pp. 45 – 46 (1993)

Shinya Yamakawa, 2021 Technology Symposium Chair, Tomas Palacios, Co-Chair
Katsura Miyashita, 2021 Technology Program Chair, Gosia Jurczak, Co-Chair
Ken Takeuchi, 2021 Circuits Symposium Chair, Brian Ginsburg, Co-Chair
Yusuke Oike, 2021 Circuits Program Chair, Borivoje Nikolić, Co-Chair