The 27th ESSCIRC will take place 18–20 September 2001 in Villach, Austria.
Villach is the major center of microelectronics in Austria, where Infineon runs a design center with 360 employees and a wafer fab with more then 2400 employees. Only 1.5 hours away by car is Austria's second microelectronics company, Austria Mikro Systeme.
Villach is a charming old town with Mediterranean flair, surrounded by a vacation area of clear bathing lakes, traditional thermal baths, and numerous summer and winter sport resorts. It is the ideal backdrop for a successful event.
ESSCIRC 2001 will have 104 papers in three parallel sessions, covering RF, analog, mixed signal and digital circuits, A/D and D/A converters, opto electronics, Systems-On-A-Chip, and IP blocks.
Invited speakers will present their views on hot topics in microelectronics:
"SoC design from a mixed signal perspective," Willy Sansen, Katho- lieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
"Mixed signal service and foundry–a business model for the future?" Wolfgang Pribyl, Austria Mikro Systeme, Austria
"Microelectronics for home entertainment," Yoshi Hagiwara, Sony, Japan
"Trends and challenges in VLSI technology scaling towards 100 nm," Stefan Rusu, Intel, USA
"Integrated circuits for the next generation wireless system," Josef Hausner, Infineon, Germany
"Communication busses for automotive applications," Stefan Poledna, TTTech, Austria
"Automated processor generation for system-on-chip," Chris Rowen, Tensilica, USA
"MEMS components for reconfigurable RF interfaces," A. Kaiser, IEMN-ISEN, France
On Monday, 17 September, a workshop focusing on System-On-A-Chip/Systems in Packages will be given by H. Tenhunen, KTH, Sweden; M. Steyart, KUL, Belgium; and J. Huisken, Philips, The Netherlands.
On Friday, 21 September, a tutorial will be given on Smart Power, X-by-Wire, Body Electronics, and Communications Electronics in the Automotive Environment.
Further information about ESSCIRC 2001 can be found at www.esscirc.org/esscirc2001 .
Herbert Grünbacher
General Chairman
Carinthia Technical Institute
Franz Dielacher
Program Chairman
Infineon