Minutes - Mesa 1999

1999 IEEE COMPUTER ELEMENTS MESA WORKSHOP

January 17-20, 1999

Arizona Golf Resort

425 South Power Road

Mesa, Arizona

Workshop:

General Chair: Robert Montoye, IBM Research (914) 945-3075

Program Chair: Wen-Hann Wang, Intel (503) 696-3048

Registration: Jefferson Connell, Amdahl Corp. (408) 746-3303, Fax: (408) 746-7000

Treasurer: Jefferson Connell, Amdahl Corp. (408) 746-3303

Technical Committee on Computer Elements:

Committee Chair: Douglas Westcott, IBM. (914) 435-8652

Vice Chair (Mesa): Robert Montoye, IBM Research (914) 945-3075

Vice Chair (Vail): Jeff Yetter, HP (970) 898-3249

Japan Committee Chair: Michinori Nishihara, 011+81+0775+87+6110

IBM Japan

European Committee Chair: Mario Vinsani, Bull 011+39+2+6779-8244

Workshop Theme: When does it get difficult to design chips?

Sunday, January 17, 1999

Evening Keynote Address: The Future of Computing

Dr. Richard Wirt, Intel Fellow and Director of Microcomputer Labs

Monday 8:30-12:00am

Session 1: Low Power Technology

Chair: Deo Singh, Intel

1.A Technology and Process Challenges

Vivek De, Intel

1.B Circuits: Focus on LP Latches

Vojin Oklobdzija, UC Davis

1.C LP Microarchitecture Optimizations

Vivek Tiwari, Intel

1.D System on a Chip/Compilers

Paul Six, IMEC

Monday 1:00-5:00pm

Session 2: Asynchronous Logic

Cochair: Jim James, JAJ Associates

Cochair: Seiken Yano, Kochi Univ. of Technology

2.A An adaptive digital de-skewing circuit for clock network

Kevin Dai, Intel Corp

2.B A 1.0GHz Single Issue 64bit Power PC Integer Processor

Kevin Nowka, IBM

2.C NULL Convention Logic

David Lamb, Thesus Logic

2.D Scalable-Delay-Insensitive Design: A high-performance

approach to dependable asynchronous systems

Takashi Nanya, University of Tokyo

Monday 8:00-10:30pm

Session 3: Intelligent Transport System (Automotive)

Cochair: Joel Boney, HP

3.The IBM Microdrive

Thomas Albrecht, IBM

3.B Gobal Positioning Systems

Georgia Frousiakis, IBM

3.C Intelligent Transport System

Michinori Nishihara, IBM

Tuesday 8:30-12:00pm

Session 4: Digital Consumer Devices/PDAs

Cochair: Gerry Merckel, Florida Atlantic University

Cochair: Michinori Nishihara, IBM

4.A High definition Projector Systems

William Glenn, Florida Atlantic University

4.B Wearable Computer

Testune Toyokawa , IBM Japan

4.C Portable PC with Eyes

John Alexander, Florida University

4.D Digital Camera Directions

George Ismael, Dycam Inc.

Tuesday 1:00-5:00 Technical Interchange

Tuesday, 8:00-11:00pm

Session 5: Known Good Die/MC

Chair: Claude Bertin, IBM

5.A Known-Good-Die (KGD): Die Products Consortia

A L. Gilg, MCC

5.B KGD: Another Packaging Option

B R. Wagner, Rockwell

5.C KGD Processing

Ed Perrott, Chip Supply

5.D The Crucial Role of Test Methods in Lowering Cost and Improving

Reliability of KGD

M. Taylor, TI

5.E KGD Applications

J. van Horn, IBM

Wednesday, 8:30-12:00pm

Session 6: Wireless Connections to Mobile Systems

Chair: Winfried Wilcke, IBM Research

6.A GHz CMOS radios in 1999

Hamid Rategh, Stanford University

6.B Short Range Wireless Connectivity - RF and IR,

Modest Oprysko, IBM Research

6.C Ricochet Wireless Networking Today and in the Future

Ryan Cronin, Metricom

Workshop ends