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VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3 MARCH 2003

CONTENTS:
1. So Many Articles, So Little Time
2. IEEE Members Have Options for Accessing Technical Information Online
3. Photo Companies Hot on Immersion Lithography
4. e-FAP: Another Way to Maximize Your IEEE Member Benefits
5. IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine Now Available in IEEE Xplore
6. Looking for the Latest in Digital Clocking?
7. Digital Audio's Final Frontier: IEEE Spectrum Reports
8. Proceedings of GaAS Reliability Workshop Now Available
9. Memory Designers May Look to Interra Systems' Upgraded Tool
10. IEEE Approves Computer Standards for Verilog RTL and STIL
11. A Still-Neutral FCC Eyeing HDTV Evolution

WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK IN IEEE XPLORE?
Find the latest technical papers online:
ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/weekinfo.jsp

1. SO MANY ARTICLES, SO LITTLE TIME
"So Many Articles, So Little Time," a new section of the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits (JSSC) Web site, affords busy engineers new ways to use the journal. Engineers and other researchers can now use the site to filter papers from the journal, published by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS), in four distinct ways: JSSC Bests, JSSC Classics, JSSC Tutorials, JSSC Zeitgeist (the most-downloaded new articles). SSCS Executive Director Anne O'Neill describes the genesis of this feature as an evolution, not a revolution. "Putting the series together was a natural progression," she says, "which we hope will save members and others time and research and serve as a useful bookmark or favorite for their surfing." Check out JSSC's best papers at: sscs.org/jssc.htm

2. IEEE MEMBERS HAVE OPTIONS FOR ACCESSING TECHNICAL INFORMATION ONLINE How many different ways can IEEE Members access technical information online? Many more than they may be aware. There are a variety of options for members to consider when they conduct their research, whether it be patent or article research, competitive intelligence, syllabi creation or any other research task.

First, as a benefit of IEEE membership, all IEEE members are entitled to search and view abstracts of all articles in IEEE Xplore. www.ieee.org/ieeexplore
When a member locates an IEEE article within IEEE Xplore they would like to purchase, they can now do so instantly. Members may purchase an IEEE document through IEEE Xplore for $13 per article. Non-members pay $35.
For other research materials, such as IEE documents or other publishers' papers, IEEE members may access the electronic or print files at a discount through the IEEE document delivery partner program, Ask*IEEE. For more information visit: www.ieee.org/services/askieee
Finally, IEEE Members who conduct frequent online research may choose to subscribe to the IEEE Member Digital Library, which offers access to more than 329,000 papers from IEEE journals and conference proceedings published over the last five years. For more information, visit: www.ieee.org/ieeemdl

3. PHOTO COMPANIES HOT ON IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY
Three of the world's biggest photo companies each announced plans on 27 February to launch into what may be the next hot-button approach to chip production in immersion lithography. ASML Holding NV, Canon, Inc., and Nikon Corp. made their announcements at the annual SPIE Microlithography Conference. Nikon claims to be looking toward development of a 193-nm tool based on the immersion technique, while ASML was cited as a funder of research at the Rochester Institute of Technology that developed immersion scanners capable of printing 70-nm images. Canon said it has formed an internal task force to investigate the feasibility of the technology. Read more at: www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20030227S0068

4. E-FAP: ANOTHER WAY TO MAXIMIZE YOUR IEEE MEMBER BENEFITS
This month, the IEEE Financial Advantage Program (FAP) launches e-FAP, a free opt-in e-mail newsletter. Subscribers will receive the most up-to-date information and opportunities concerning the over 30 products and services available to IEEE members and their families, including insurance, financial, business and home services, available from FAP. To subscribe to the e-FAP newsletter or to learn more about the IEEE Financial Advantage Program, go to: www.ieee.org/fap

5. IEEE SECURITY AND PRIVACY MAGAZINE NOW AVAILABLE IN IEEE XPLORE
The first issue of IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, one of three new IEEE periodicals launching in 2003, is now available online in IEEE Xplore. While the focus of Security & Privacy is information technology, the magazine also covers the evolving relationships of computer security to transportation, financial, commercial, military, health care, energy and other critical infrastructures. IEEE members and institutional subscribers with appropriate online access rights can view all of the articles from the magazine's first issue through IEEE Xplore. If users' access rights do not include this publication, access to individual articles can also purchased. Visit: ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?puNumber=8013

In the inaugural issue, of IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine, experts Simson Garfinkel and Abhi Shelat of MIT discuss the issue of discarded hard drives that still contain recoverable, often confidential information. The article is freely available to all readers for a limited time at: www.computer.org/security/v1n1/garfinkel.htm

6. LOOKING FOR THE LATEST IN DIGITAL CLOCKING?
An often complex discipline, clocking is fast becoming one of the most integral topics in digital system design. In their new book, "Digital System Clocking: High-Performance and Low-Power Aspects," authors Vojin G. Oklobdzija, Vladimir M. Stojanovic, Dejan M. Markovic, and Nikola M. Nedovic offer a source for the most recent writing on the subject, designed specifically for advanced circuit engineers. Buy this Wiley-IEEE Press title at: www.wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=047127447X
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7. DIGITAL AUDIO'S FINAL FRONTIER: IEEE SPECTRUM REPORTS
Analog technology still dominates in audio power amplifiers - but not for long. Amps based on digital principles are already having a profound effect on equipment efficiency and size. They are also beginning to set the standard for sound quality. Known as Class D amplifiers, these devices have the potential to waste very little power. In the March issue of IEEE Spectrum, Bruno Putzeys of Philips Digital Systems Laboratories, describes Class D amps and explains in detail how they differ from conventional amps, as well as discusses technical problems they have faced, and shows how these problems have been solved in the past and the different ways they are likely to be solved in the future. Read more: www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/mar03/dig.html

8. PROCEEDINGS OF GAAS RELIABILITY WORKSHOP NOW AVAILABLE
The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JDEC) says the objective of the annual GaAS Reliability Workshop, which it sponsors, is to bring together researchers, manufacturers and users of GaAs devices and present papers showing the latest results and new developments in all phases of compound semiconductor reliability. Held this past October in Seattle, Washington, USA, in conjunction with the IEEE GaAs IC Symposium, the proceedings of the conference are now available from the IEEE Online Catalog & Store: shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=TH8658

9. MEMORY DESIGNERS MAY LOOK TO INTERRA SYSTEMS' UPGRADED TOOL Interra Systems, Inc. of San Mateo, California, USA, says it has redesigned its MC2 memory development system for discrete and embedded memories to automate the memory design and distribution methodology as well as reduce development time by up to 40 percent. Find out more at: www.eedesign.com/news/OEG20030303S0033

10. IEEE APPROVES COMPUTER STANDARDS FOR VERILOG RTL AND STIL Two new standards, IEEE 1364.1™, concerning register transfer level synthesis (RTL), and IEEE 1450.2™, for standard test interface language (STIL) have just been approved by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board. The Standards Board also approved a revision to a standard for configuring programmable devices, as well as the start of work on a standard for high-performance serial buses. For more detailed information, visit: standards.ieee.org/announcements/verilogrtlstil.html

11. A STILL-NEUTRAL FCC EYEING HDTV EVOLUTION High-definition television (HDTV) is gathering momentum in the marketplace. But even while more HDTV broadcasts fan out, the technology's ultimate impact on the broadcast industry remains unclear. A recent agreement between the cable and consumer electronics industries that would enable HDTV sets to receive HDTV signals over cable without a set-top box has captured the attention of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To date, however, the FCC has seemed more concerned with the industry's phase-in of digital tuners over the next four years to accommodate digital television. www.todaysengineer.org/Feb03/HDTV.asp

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