San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2012
The Program Committee for the 15th Annual IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC) and Exhibition encourages all who plan to attend the 2012 IITC held June 4-6th at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, CA and preceded by a Short Course on Sunday, June 3 to take advantage of early registration discounts by registering by May 14, 2012. Additionally, to qualify for the reduced hotel rate, reservations must be made by May 16. The last day to register on-line at regular pricing is Friday, May 25. After May 25, you may register at the conference at the regular pricing. Registration for the event is open at http://www.his.com/~iitc/reginfo.html.
General Information
The Fifteenth Annual IITC is sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices Society as a premier conference for interconnect technology. It attracts professionals from industry, academia, and national laboratories in semiconductor processing; interconnect design, and equipment development. The traditional U.S. venue is now one of three international locations for this important technology conference, which rotates among them annually.
This years agenda features keynote presentations by Mike Mayberry, Vice President of Research, Intel Corp. and Bill Dally, Chief Scientist, nVIDIA who will open the conference on Monday morning. Invited speakers include Subu Iyer (IBM Fellow responsible for 3D), Michael van Buskirk (CTO of Adesto, former CTO of Spansion), Dan Edelstein (IBM Fellow responsible for BEOL), Axel Preusse (Fellow at GLOBALFOUNDRIES), Jean Marc-Yannou (Analyst focusing on 3D at Yole Development) and many others.
The content-rich 3-day agenda is divided into 14 sessions, including the Plenary and two Poster Sessions, that focus on such growth areas as Fine Grain 3D ICs, Contacts and Local Interconnects, Interconnects for Biological Applications, Networks-on-Chip, and Circuits for High-Speed and Low-Power Signaling. The detailed Technical Program including the poster sessions is now available for download at http://www.his.com/~iitc/techprogram.html.
Short Course
IITC 2012 will be preceded by a day-long Short Course on interconnect technologies on Sunday, June 3rd. The Short Course a unique venue for learning and professional interaction. It will address advanced interconnect process, design and reliability issues. Attendees benefit from a combination of tutorials on interconnect fundamentals, briefings on the latest interconnect technology advances, and direct interaction with experts actively working in the field. This years agenda features:
