1st Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design announces keynote speakers

SAN JOSE, USA: The 1st Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED’09) announced keynote speeches by industry leaders and experts from Synopsys, NXP, Cadence, University of Tokyo, and Verdant Electronics.

The conference is being held on July 15-16, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the first ASQED event in Asia. The conference is poised to play a critical role in promoting quality-based electronic design and manufacturing in Asia and be an integral part of establishing a communication link between semiconductor disciplines such as design, design methodologies, manufacturing, test, and packaging.

“Quality of design is a highly important and multi-faceted issue requiring expert collaboration,” said Dr. Chi-Foon Chan, President and COO of Synopsys and the 1st ASQED keynote speaker. “ASQED is a key forum for addressing quality of design challenges and their effect on both manufacturing and the end user.”

The list of plenary keynoters offers a comprehensive perspective from design, process, and tool methodologies. Keynoters include:
* Dr. Chi-Foon Chan, President and COO, Synopsys
* Professor Takashi Tomita, Solar Quest, RCAST, the University of Tokyo
* Joseph Fjelstad, Founder and President, Verdant Electronics
* Dr. Hans Rijns, Vice President, head of Research, NXP Semiconductors, Netherlands
* Dr. Charlie Huang, SVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Cadence Design Systems

"ASQED’s goal is to promote ideas, techniques, and methodologies for solving real design quality problems," said Dr. Hans Rijns, Vice President, head of Research of NXP Semiconductors, and ASQED’09 keynote speaker. "I will address one of the major quality topics which is variability causes and effects in advanced CMOS processes and the implication and solutions for mixed-signal designs."