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WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2005, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Room: 207ABC
TOPIC AREA:  PHYSICAL CIRCUIT DESIGN (methods)

   SESSION 21
  Special Session: The Titanic: What Went Wrong
  Chair: Andrew B. Kahng - Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  Organizers: Sani Nassif

  Four speakers will each give a 15-minute lament of their "problems," after which moderated and timed feedback from the audience and other speakers will give 1-minute solutions and other feedback. The session will contain focused talks on a Technology problem, a Power problem, a Reliability problem, and a Methodology problem. At the end, a prize will be given for the solution that the audience votes highest in value.

    21.1   The Titanic: What Went Wrong in Technology
  Speaker(s): Paul Zuchowski - IBM Corp., Essex Junction, VT
  Author(s): Paul Zuchowski - IBM Corp., Essex Junction, VT
    21.2The Titanic: What Went Wrong in Methodology
  Speaker(s): Ward A. Vercruysse - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
  Author(s): Ward A. Vercruysse - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
    21.3The Titanic: What Went Wrong in Reliability
  Speaker(s): Claude Moughanni - Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX
  Author(s): Claude Moughanni - Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX
    21.4Bridging the Power Reduction and Estimation Gap in the Cell Processor Design Methodology
  Speaker(s): Stephen D. Posluszny - IBM Corp., Round Rock, TX
  Author(s): Stephen D. Posluszny - IBM Corp., Round Rock, TX