13 - 14 December 2011, Singapore Chip Design Competition

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IC晶片設計比賽開跑囉！由聯繫新加坡所贊助的 “IC晶片設計比賽”獎金優渥，有挑戰性！是工程設計高手的您，趕快來報名吧！
7 N' x; I  h$ z/ x3 [8 o/ f主題: 隨著科技越來越發達，大家對電子產品的要求也越來越高，為了因應這些要求，IC晶片也被越做越複雜，因而導致一些負面反應像是太耗電，電池壽命簡短，電子產品速度變慢的問題開始接湧而來。所以這次的比賽最主要是希望參賽者們可以設計出能防止這些問題發生的新精密IC晶片。
獎金: 第一名 10,000新幣(約230,000台幣) 第二名 6,000 (約140,000台幣) 第三名 3,000新幣(約70,000台幣)
報名截止日: 2011.6.1
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如要下載報名表或知道更多參賽詳情，請參考以下網誌：
http://www.isic2011.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=215

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Chip Design Competition 13 - 14 December 2011, Singapore

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Sponsored by Contact Singapore

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About Contact Singapore

Contact Singapore is an alliance of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower. It aims to attract global talent to work, invest and live in Singapore.

With offices in Asia, Europe and North America, Contact Singapore is the one-stop centre for those who wish to pursue a rewarding career in Singapore, as well as individuals and entrepreneurs who are keen to invest in or initiate new business activities here. Contact Singapore actively links Singapore-based employers with global talent and provides updates on career opportunities and industry developments in Singapore. We work with public and private sector partners to facilitate the interests of potential individual investors in Singapore.

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For more information on working, investing and living in Singapore, please visit www.contactsingapore.sg.
For more job opportunities in Singapore, please visit our job portal at www.JobsAtSingapore.sg

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Areas of Submission:
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Analog, digital, mixed-signal, RF/mm-wave, MEMS, optics, biological, and other customized integrated circuits and systems
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Submission and Competition Details:

• Chip designs must be supported by fabrication and measurement results.
• A 4-page manuscript (in standard IEEE double-column format) plus 2-page appendix detailing the chip experiment results and performance analysis (total 6 pages) must be submitted to ISIC2011 for the chip design competition.
• Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the conference website at: http://www.isic2011.org. Only electronic submission is accepted.
• At least one author must register for the conference to present the design work. One paid registration cannot submit more than 2 entries.
• At least one author of each winning entry is required to stay one more day on 15 Dec 2011 to attend a one-day networking program arranged by the sponsor, Contact Singapore .
• The decision of the judges is final.
• For enquiry, please contact: Tel: +65-6356-4727, Fax: +65-6356-7471, Email: confmgr@isic2011.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Submission deadline: 01 Jun 2011 ' ^3 l  u6 B5 d4 E% d, T

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Theme: Energy and Variability Aware Circuits and Systems
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The continuous scaling of devices technology has introduced drastic variation of process and design parameters, which lead to severe variability of chip performance in nanometer regime. As uncertainties due to process and technology variations are expected to increase in each generation, it will have a significant impact on the chip performance as well as the reliability and yield. Another challenging issue is the high power consumption due to excessive leakage power and higher packing density in nanometer integrated circuit and system design.

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As a result, circuits and systems are often over-designed to compensate for these uncertainties and variations. These over-designed circuits and systems not only will increase chip area and power consumption but also make timing closure, matching and optimization difficult. All these technical challenges will inevitably reduce battery life in portable applications and impose greater challenges in cooling and packaging in non-portable systems.

This Chip Design Competition aims to address some of these complex issues, improve the chip design productivity and develop new design methodologies, novel circuits and systems to circumvent variations in process technology and power/energy.

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Prizes and Certificates:
A total of 10 cash prizes will be awarded, which comprises:

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