NSF Workshop on Billion Transistor Systems

March 12-13, 1998

Princeton University

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

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Statement of Purpose

This workshop explores the challenges in digital system design posed by the very large integrated circuits (systems-on-silicon) made possible by advances in VLSI technology. With 100-million transistor chips imminent and billion transistor designs feasible, we need to assess what new design technologies and methodologies need to be created to make the creation of such systems feasible. Workshop participants include CAD and design experts from both academia and industry. The workshop report will include: 1) a statement of pressing problems posed by systems-on-silicon; 2) recommendations about important research areas relating to systems-on-silicon; and 3) viewpoints on how to make these CAD and design communities aware of these trends and challenges.

Participants

Jacob Abraham, UT Austin

Jason Cong, UCLA

Al Dunlop, Bell Labs

Pamela Gillis, IBM

Randy Harr, Synopsys

Peter Kogge, Notre Dame

Jim Monzel, IBM

David Newman, IBM

Kunle Olukotun, Stanford University

Lou Scheffer, CADence

Kenneth Shepard, Columbia University

T. R. Viswanathan, Texas Instruments

Wayne Wolf, Princeton University

Observers:

Robert Grafton, NSF

 

Workshop organizer: Wayne Wolf, Princeton University.