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Volume 36 (Mar 11, 2005)

The introduction of the research results at ISSCC 2005 (1/4)


The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) each year presents the latest advances in integrated circuit technology. This year's ISSCC was held in San Francisco February 6 through 10 and featured some results from the research conducted jointly by NEC Electronics and NEC Corporation.


What is ISSCC?

ISSCC, which is centered on the theme of integrated circuits, is one of the largest electronics-related conferences and has been referred to as the "Semiconductor Technology Olympics." This international conference is comparable in size and stature to the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), which is based on related to semiconductor devices and manufacturing processes. Inaugurated in 1954, this year marks the 52nd anniversary of the conference. This year's theme was "Entering the Nanoelectronic Integrated-Circuit Era," and an unprecedented number of papers were submitted (600 submitted, 230 accepted). In particular, there was an increase in the number of papers submitted on topics related to the fields of image/display/MEMS and wireless communications. Although the actual number of papers selected from each region increased, the percentage of papers selected fell slightly for the U.S., increased once again for Europe and remained the same as last year for Asia. Within Asia, the number of papers selected from Japan and Korea remained the same, the number of papers selected from Taiwan tripled to 15, and for the first time ever a paper was selected from China. Six of the papers submitted by NEC Group companies were selected.

In addition to discussions about cutting-edge IC design technologies based on semiconductor technology and LSI-applied technologies, ISSCC holds two different types of sessions: paper presentation sessions and sessions at which participants discuss technological trends based on a specific theme. The number of paper presentation sessions saw a considerable increase this year to 32 from last year's 27. Two presentations in particular stood out: one was on multi-core microprocessors under the category of microprocessors, and the other was on ICs developed using complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology under the category of wireless and high-speed wire communications.

[*: MEMS stands for Micro Electronics Mechanical Systems]


Papers presented by NEC Electronics

This year, NEC Electronics jointly presented papers with NEC Corporation at three sessions.

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