What's New @ IEEE in Circuits

VOLUME 3 NUMBER 8 AUGUST 2002

CONTENTS:
1. Consortium Promotes Speedy HyperTransport Technology
2. Enhanced Skills For Engineers: More Than Technical Know-How
3. Circuits Workshop to be Held in October
4. Weekly Careers Newsletter Joins What's New @ IEEE
5. New Storage Card Offers Smaller Format with Large Memory
6. Imaging Center of the World to Host ICIP 2002
7. IEEE Member Digital Library Information Now Available
8. Hot Circuits Topics Covered in New Release
9. IEEE Online Catalog & Store Launches New Look, Improved Search
10. Intel Authors Address High-Speed Circuit Design
11. Optical Interconnects: An IEEE Spectrum Special Report

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1. CONSORTIUM PROMOTES SPEEDY HYPERTRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY
Promoted by a consortium of 51 companies, high-speed data exchange through and between integrated circuits on chips is being touted as capable of reaching scorching speeds using new HyperTransport technology. The new technology is being developed by Advanced Micro Devices. Data exchange speeds can reach up to 12.8GB per second in both directions using HyperTransport. Older technologies could only manage 266MB per second one direction at a time, according to the Advanced Micro Devices consortium. Read more at: www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/15/020715hnhypertransport.xml

2. ENHANCED SKILLS FOR ENGINEERS: MORE THAN TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW
When it comes to building a successful engineering career, maintaining technical competence is just one piece of the puzzle. Additionally, executives and managers expect a level of proficiency in other non-technical or 'soft' skills, as well as other personal characteristics common among today’s engineering professionals. This is the first in a three-part series from IEEE Director Emeritus Ted Hissey, in the latest issue of IEEE-USA Today's Engineer: www.todaysengineer.org/July02/skills.htm

3. CIRCUITS WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER
The 2002 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Workshop for Automotive Electronics, scheduled for 10 to 11 October in Arlington, VA, USA, is focused on spanning interests in analog, digital, RF and power systems. The workshop is divided into three half-day sessions with the following themes: sensors and actuators; communication, intelligence, and guidance; and advanced power. To find out more or sign up to attend, visit: www.ieee.org/ssctc

4. WEEKLY CAREERS NEWSLETTER JOINS WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE
The weekly email newsletter IEEE Career Alert has joined the What's New @ IEEE program. Written by the editors of IEEE Spectrum magazine, IEEE Career Alert focuses on engineering career news and both education and professional issues. IEEE Career Alert will replace the existing monthly What's New @ IEEE for GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) newsletter. To sign up for this free weekly newsletter, visit: www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/signup.html

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5. NEW STORAGE CARD OFFERS SMALLER FORMAT WITH LARGER MEMORY
A postage stamp-sized memory card is the newest feature available to manufacturers of digital cameras. Fuji Photo Film, Inc. and Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. are the first to put this format to use in their products. The new cards weigh about 2 grams and measure 20x25x1.7 mm, are about half the size of the previously-used SmartMedia cards. These tiny memory devices, manufactured by Toshiba Corp., are the latest development in the shrinking trend in digital cameras and allow for smaller devices with larger capacity memory. Read more at www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20020801S0041

6. IMAGING CENTER OF THE WORLD TO HOST ICIP 2002
As home to such imaging and optics powerhouses as Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Corning and Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA, is known as the imaging center of the world and will host the ninth IEEE International Conference on Image Processing from 22 to 25 September. Plenary speakers include Chair of the ISO/ITU/IEC Joint Video Team Dr. Gary. J. Sullivan, Takeo Kanade of Carnegie Mellon University and Prof. Dave Williams of the Center for Visual Sciences at the University of Rochester. Learn more about this conference at icip2002.com/

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7. IEEE MEMBER DIGITAL LIBRARY INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE
A new Web site provides IEEE Members with information about the IEEE Member Digital Library, a subscription service available in January 2003. The IEEE Member Digital Library allows IEEE Members exclusive access to full-text papers published in IEEE periodicals and conference proceedings in the last five years. IEEE Members and others may now find out more about the subscription service and sign up to receive more information at: www.ieee.org/ieeemdl

8. HOT CIRCUITS TOPICS COVERED IN NEW RELEASE
Sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, the newly released Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, covers some of the most important topics in the field ranging from analog circuits and signal processing, VLSI systems and system on chip to computer-aided design high-frequency circuits and systems; neural systems and cellular neural networks and nanotechnology. Find out more at: shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=CH37353
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9. IEEE ONLINE CATALOG & STORE LAUNCHES NEW LOOK, IMPROVED SEARCH
The IEEE Online Catalog & Store has launched a series of improvements, including an enhanced search feature, new look and feel, and added news and featured links. A new "Search By" option encourages customers to jump directly to a search category of interest, and improved navigation shows how to narrow a search, browse by category or browse topic headings that clearly lead to technical categories. Two new navigation tabs, "All Products" and "Merchandise," allow customers to search and browse those categories. A new right-hand column offers links to news items, features, best sellers and other store information. Shop the definitive source for IEEE products at: shop.ieee.org

10. INTEL AUTHORS ADDRESS HIGH-SPEED CIRCUIT DESIGN
The operating speeds of today's microprocessors are increasing at a rate that shows no signs of slowing. Authors Stephen Hall, Garrett Hall and James McCall say an understanding of high-speed interconnect phenomena is integral to designers in this environment. In their book "High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices," these three Intel engineers have attempted to clarify topics involving the effects of high frequencies on digital buses and presents a variety of proven techniques and application examples. Find out more at: shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=PC6090
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11. OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS: AN IEEE SPECTRUM SPECIAL REPORT
Within a few years, many of the copper connections in computers will yield to high-speed optical interconnects, says IEEE Spectrum magazine. An electrical signal from the processor would modulate a laser beam, which would shine through an optical fiber or through air on a photodetector, which would pass the signal on to the electronics. While more expensive then electronics, IEEE Spectrum reports that optical technologies are the only way to keep up with the demand for more powerful microprocessors. Read more: www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/aug02/opti.html

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