The edaForum08 was held on December 11-12, 2008 in Dresden, Germany
As the six events before, the edaForum08 brought together decision makers from industry and top-rated speakers from all over the world. It was organized by the edacentrum as part of its mission to overcome the design gap by collaborative actions of system and semiconductor companies, EDA vendors and research institutes. To get an impression of edaForum08, take a look at the program and the picture gallery, respectively.
General Keynote
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Simon Yang Chief Technology Officer Senior VP for Fab Operations Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing "Design and Process Interactions at the 32nm Node and Virtual IDM Environment" |
Friday Keynote
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Daniel Gajski Center for Embedded Computer Systems University of California at Irvine "New Strategies for System Design" |
The event did not only focus on technical challenges but also on business-related topics helping to optimize the return on your EDA investment. The invited speakers presented various topics within the sessions. Please find the details in the program [1].
Additionally we offer the (free of charge) Company Presentations:
Speakers in the sessions:
Alison Burdett, Tourmaz Technology Ltd.
Claudio Contiero, substituted by Joseph Notaro, STMicroelectronics Srl.
Piet Demeester, U Ghent
Gerhard Fettweis, TU Dreden
Daniel D. Gajski, U California at Irvine
Stephan Guttowski, Fraunhofer IZM
Christoph Heer, Infineon Technologies AG
Volker Kiefer, Qimonda AG
Brian Matas, IC Insights Inc.
Subhasish Mitra, U Stanford
Peter van Staa, Robert Bosch GmbH, because Pietro Perlo, Centro Ricerche Fiat, cancelled his talk
Barbara Schaden, Infineon Technologies AG
Ulrich Schäfer, Robert Bosch GmbH
Christian Sebecke, Robert Bosch GmbH
Gerd Teepe, AMD Saxony
Simon Yang, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
