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The 15th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies

Panel Discussion
Time: 15:45 - 17:15 Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Location: Manza
Chair: Atsushi Takahashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

D-1 (Time: 15:45 - 17:15)
TitleHow to Design the Future Mixed Signal LSIs?
AuthorOrganizer & Moderator: Akira Matsuzawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Panelists: Georges Gielen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Mar Hershenson (Magma Design Automation, Inc., United States), Shoji Kawahito (Shizuoka University, Japan), Shiro Dosho (Panasonic Corp., Japan)
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AbstractAn importance of mixed signal LSI is increasing continuously. Emerging application areas such as medical, sensor networking, and energy saving will need this technology, as well as current application areas e.g. communications and digital consumers. However there are many issues such as requirement for high performance and low power operation, low voltage operation, big variations, limited development cost and time, tough noises, and complicated relationship between chip, package and board. This panel will discuss following topics for future mixed signal LSI design; 1) Issues; what is the most important or serious? 2) Direction of circuit design 3) Design methodology; ideal design methodology and reality 4) EDA technology; what have been done and residuals? 5) Education