Frontiers in Analog CAD
International Workshop on Design Automation for Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits
Thursday, November 7, 2019
The
Westin Westminster
10600 Westminster Blvd
Westminster, CO 80020
Co-located with International Conference
on Computer-Aided Design
Growing digitization of
integrated circuits has contributed to making system-on-chips
ever more complex. Yet, a substantial portion of a chip consists
of analog and mixed-signal (AMS) circuits that provide critical
functionality like clock generation, voltage regulation,
interface with the external world, etc. Aggressive scaling of IC
technologies as well as advancing the integration of
heterogeneous physical domains on chip, substantially
complicates the design of AMS components. On the one hand, their
modeling and design becomes extremely complex. On the other
hand, their interplay with the rest of the system-on-chip
challenges design, verification and test.
These new technology trends bring enormous challenges and opportunities for AMS design automation. This is reflected by an increase in research activity on AMS CAD worldwide. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together academic and industrial researchers from both design and CAD communities to report recent advances and motivate new research topics and directions in this area. The workshop will feature a special theme of AI for AMS CAD this year.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
These new technology trends bring enormous challenges and opportunities for AMS design automation. This is reflected by an increase in research activity on AMS CAD worldwide. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together academic and industrial researchers from both design and CAD communities to report recent advances and motivate new research topics and directions in this area. The workshop will feature a special theme of AI for AMS CAD this year.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Behavioral and performance modeling at circuit & system levels
- Simulation and formal verification
- Model checking and theorem-proving methods
- Circuit optimization, synthesis and design space exploration
- PVT variations and reliability
- Testing, diagnosis and post-silicon validation
- Physical design
- Benchmark circuits
- Hardware security involving AMS ICs
- Machine learning algorithms and methodologies for AMS CAD
- Emerging design methodologies for ultra-low power/voltage
AMS ICs, neuromorphic computing, IoT, automobile, etc.