What's New @ IEEE in Circuits

VOLUME 3 NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 2002

CONTENTS:
1. Industry Vet Says Nanotechnology is Key to Semiconductor Success
2. Synthetic Skin in Trouble: An IEEE Spectrum Special Report
3. Intel Authors Address High-Speed Circuit Design
4. Big Moves Can Happen Despite Economy
5. Solid-State Circuits Conference Celebrates 50th Anniversary in February
6. High-Frequency Circuit and Interconnect Analysis Training Offered
7. New GaAs IC Proceedings Released
8. Free Trial Available for New IEEE Information Technology Collection
9. Making Team Decisions Wisely
10. National Engineers Week Coming February 2003

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1. INDUSTRY VET SAYS NANOTECHNOLOGY IS KEY TO SEMICONDUCTOR SUCCESS
Nick Tredennick, editor of industry newsletter DynamicSilicon, said recently that he believes nanotechnology is the factor to knock the semiconductor industry into the next period of sustained growth. Speaking at the annual Embedded Systems Conference in Boston last month and quoted in EE Times, Tredennick argued that Moore's Law has always been an enabler of the industry, rather than a driver. Read more at: www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20021120S0024

2. SYNTHETIC SKIN IN TROUBLE: AN IEEE SPECTRUM SPECIAL REPORT
The fledgling field of tissue engineering, which makes synthetic organs as replacements for failing human ones, is in financial distress. This fall, two pioneering makers of replacement engineered skin declared bankruptcy. Industry insiders blame their failure in part on insufficiently automated manufacturing processes, writes contributing editor William Leventon in the December issue of IEEE Spectrum. Read more: www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/dec02/skin.html

3. 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 Wiley-IEEE Press 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=PC5929

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4. BIG MOVES CAN HAPPEN DESPITE ECONOMY
Imagine in the current economy, leaving a career you've built for nearly three decades to take your chances as an upper-level executive with a brand-new, unknown and untested IC startup. This is exactly what Bill Eversole chose to do when he left Texas Instruments, Inc. this year. Eversole's choice, unconventional though it may be, certainly bucked the trend of today's economic turmoil. Read his success story as chronicled in EE Times: www.theworkcircuit.com/story/OEG20021106S0044

5. SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN FEBRUARY
The 2003 IEEE International Solid-state Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2003), being held in San Francisco, California, USA from 9 to 13 February, marks the 50th anniversary of the conference. This year's event will cover several subject areas, including analog, wireless and RF communications, wireline communications, digital design and fabrication, and signal processing. To find out more, visit: www.isscc.org/isscc/

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6. HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT AND INTERCONNECT ANALYSIS TRAINING OFFERED
A new partnership between the IEEE Education Partners Program and Omniz Global Knowledge Corporation offers IEEE members a 10-percent discount on courses in signal integrity. Developed by IEEE members Dr. Michel Nakhla and Dr. Ram Achar, both faculty in electrical engineering at Carleton University, the program consists of series of courses covering topics in high-frequency effects in VLSI and microwave circuits, modeling/simulation difficulties associated with high-speed interconnects, and a thorough study of modeling/simulation strategies for high-speed interconnects, including model-reduction. Find out more at: services3.ieee.org/organizations/eab/eduPartners.htm

7. NEW GAAS IC PROCEEDINGS RELEASED
Sponsored by three different IEEE societies, the newly-released Proceedings of the IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuits Symposium (GaAs IC) cover some of the today's most important topics in electron devices, circuitry and microwave theory. GaAs IC 2002 was sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices, Solid State Circuits and Microwave Theory and Technique Societies and addressed topics from GHz frequency state-of-the-art electronic circuits, devices, and technologies, commercial wireless and power amplifiers to receivers, high-speed digital communications and interface electronics. For more information, visit: shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=CH37354
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8. FREE TRIAL AVAILABLE FOR NEW IEEE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION
In January, your organization may be eligible to receive a free online trial to the new IEEE Information Technology Library (ITeL). IEEE ITeL includes more than 900 IEEE conference proceedings and selected periodicals in the areas of computing, communications, signal processing and circuits and systems. Intended for corporations, universities and government institutions, IEEE ITeL will be available to subscribers in January 2003. If your organization subscribes to the new IEEE Information Technology Library online collection by 31 March 2003, it will receive US$5000 off the regular subscription price. To arrange a free trial for your organization, ask your information professional to send a request to mailto:onlineproducts@ieee.org For more information on the IEEE Information Technology Library, visit: www.ieee.org/onlinepubs

9. MAKING TEAM DECISIONS WISELY
Project managers' decision-making abilities are often what distinguish them from other members of their project teams. But, knowing when to bring other team members into the decision-making process is a talent, too. Larry Richman looks at some of the pros and cons of team decision making, and offers some rules-of-thumb for ensuring the best outcomes. www.todaysengineer.org/Nov02/decisions.htm

10. NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK COMING FEBRUARY 2003
Start planning your celebration now for National Engineers Week, which runs 16 to 22 February 2003. E-Week co-chairs the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) and Lockheed Martin are launching "The New Faces of Engineering," a program that will spotlight the outstanding contributions of America's youngest engineering professionals. For more information, including volunteer opportunities in your area, visit: www.eweek.org

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