Thursday, November 8, 2012

8:15AM ~ 8:30AM:  Opening Remarks

8:30AM ~ 10:00AM:  Session I: Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis
Chair: Luca Daniel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Circuit Simulation: Not Dead Yet
Joel Phillips, Cadence Design Systems

The Potential of GPGPU Acceleration for SPICE Accurate Long Transient Simulation
Duaine Pryor, Mentor Graphics

Accelerating Analog Design: Robust Co-optimization of System and Circuits
S. S. Mohan, Synopsys

10:00AM ~ 10:30AM:  Break

10:30AM ~ 12:00PM:  Session II: Verification and Testing
Chair: Chirayu Amin, Intel

Need for Simulation Driven Optimized Test Solutions
John Carulli, Texas Instruments

Formal Verification of Analog/Mixed Signal Circuits
Chris Myers, University of Utah

A Short List of Challenges in Mixed Signal Functional Verification
Jesse Chen, Qualcomm

12:00PM ~ 1:00PM:  Lunch

1:00PM ~ 2:30PM:  Session III: Emerging Design Methodologies
Chair: Michael Orshansky, University of Texas at Austin

Digital Analog Design
Mark Horowitz, Stanford University

Analog Design Challenges in the New Era of Process Scaling
Rachael Parker, Intel

Simulation Challenges in Advanced CMOS Processes
Bob Mullen, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

2:30PM ~ 3:00PM:  Break

3:00PM ~ 4:00PM:  Panel: Challenges in Analog Design and How CAD Can Help
Moderator: Kevin Jones, City University London

Panellist:
Rachael Parker, Intel
John Carulli, Texas Instruments
Joel Phillips, Cadence Design Systems
Duaine Pryor, Mentor Graphics
S. S. Mohan, Synopsys
Jim Hogan, Vista Ventures

4:00PM ~ 4:20PM: Special Session: Analog Design: Still Crazy After All These Years
Speaker: Larry Nagel, Omega Enterprises Consulting

4:20PM ~ 5:00PM:  Poster Session

Poster List

A Method of Designing Analog Circuits IP for Reuse
Yu Liu, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD, Japan
Yuji Kanazawa, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD, Japan
Toshiyuki Shibuya, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD, Japan
Boris Murmann, Stanford University, USA

Yield-Driven Common-Centroid Capacitor Placements  for Mixed-signal/Analog Integrated Circuits
Chin-Long Wey, EE Department, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
Jwu-E Chen, EE Department, Nation Central University, Taiwan
Chien-Chih Huang, EE Department, Nation Central University, Taiwan
Pei-Wen Luo, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan

Choosing “Green” Cdes by CAD-Simulation-Based Modeling
Karthik Ganesan, UC Berkeley, USA
Pulkit Grover, Stanford University, USA

A Scalable Verification Methodology for Analog/Mixed-Signal Intensive High Speed Serial I/O Circuits
Rajesh Inti, Intel Labs, USA
Ganesh Balamurugan, Intel Labs, USA
Bryan Casper, Intel Labs, USA

Real-Time FPGA Emulation for Fast Verification of Adaptive AMS Circuits
Hao Li, School of Engineering, Brown University, USA
Guanhua Wang, Analog and Mixed-Signal Lab, TxACE, UT Dallas, USA
Yun Chiu, Analog and Mixed-Signal Lab, TxACE, UT Dallas, USA

High Sensitivity Test Signatures for RF/Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits
Suraj Sindia, ECE Department, Auburn University, USA
Vishwani D. Agrawal, ECE Department, Auburn University, USA

From Layout Directly to Simulation: An Extraction-Free Circuit Simulator of Linear Complexity Guided by Electromagnetics-Based First Principles
Qing He, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA
Dan Jiao, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA

Techniques to Accurately Abstract SPICE-level Circuit Dynamics using Finite State Machines
Karthik V Aadithya, EECS Department, The University of California, Berkeley, USA
Jaijeet Roychowdhury, EECS Department, The University of California, Berkeley, USA

GPSCP: A General-Purpose Support-Circuit Preconditioning Approach to Large-Scale SPICE-Accurate Nonlinear Circuit Simulations
Xueqian Zhao, ECE Department, Michigan Technological University, USA
Zhuo Feng, ECE Department, Michigan Technological University, USA

Pareto Optimal Front Modeling of Analog Circuits by Robust Sparse Regression
Jun Tao, State Key Lab. Of ASIC & System, Fudan University, P. R. China
Wangyang Zhang, ECE Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Xin Li, ECE Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

XMODEL: A True Event-driven Behavioral Simulator for AMS Systems in SystemVerilog
Jieun Jang, Seoul National University, Korea
Myeong-Jae Park, Seoul National University, Korea
Jaeha Kim, Seoul National University, Korea

Application Driven, Analog Mixed Signal Design Considering Variations
Janet M.W. Roveda, University of Arizona, USA
Dung Nguyen, University of Arizona, USA
Priyank Gupta, University of Arizona, USA