ISQED Announces 2007 Best Paper Awards

Leading Design for Quality Conference Recognizes Innovations in Design, Manufacturing, and Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 8^th International Society for Quality Electronic Design (ISQED.org) today announced three winners of the best paper awards at the ISQED ‘07 conference held March 26 - 28, 2007 in San Jose, California. ISQED best papers are selected and voted upon by a select committee composed of senior technologists from the electronic design automation (EDA), integrated circuit (IC) design, and semiconductor manufacturing communities. This year's best papers are:

Design of a Window Comparator with Adaptive Error Threshold for Online Testing Applications

Amit Laknaur, Rui Xiao, Sai Raghuram Durbha, Haibo Wang

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Assessing the Implications of Process Variations on Future Carbon Nanotube Bundle Interconnect Solutions

Arthur Nieuwoudt and Yehia Massoud

Rice University

A DOE Set for Normalization-Based Extraction of Fill Impact on Capacitances

Andrew B. Kahng and Rasit O. Topaloglu

University of California San Diego

The ISQED ‘07 best paper awards were sponsored by Magma Design Automation Inc. (www.magma-da.com) and Synopsys Inc. (www.synopsys.com).

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The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), is a premier Design & Design Automation conference, aimed at bridging the gap between and integration of: electronic design tools and processes, integrated circuit technologies, processes and manufacturing in order to achieve design quality. ISQED is the pioneer and leading conference dealing with design for manufacturability and quality issues. The conference provides a forum to present and exchange ideas and to promote the research, development, and application of design techniques & methods, design processes, EDA design methodologies and EDA tools that address issues impacting the quality of the realization of designs into physical integrated circuits. ISQED emphasizes a holistic approach toward design quality and highlights and accelerates cooperation among the IC Design, EDA, Semiconductor Process Technology and Manufacturing communities. ISQED is produced and sponsored by the International Society for Quality Electronic Design. Visit ISQED at www.isqed.org.