Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED 2010) to be held in Penang

SAN JOSE, USA & PENANG, MALAYSIA: The Asia Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED2010) has announced its final program consisting of several keynote speeches by industry leaders and experts from Synopsys, Texas Instruments, University of Tokyo, Elabs and Silicon Hive, tutorials, and over 70 technical presentations.

This is the 2nd annual ASQED event in Asia. The Conference is being held on August 3-4, 2010 in Penang, Malaysia. ASQED plays a critical role in promoting quality-based electronic design and manufacturing in Asia and is an integral part of establishing a communication link between semiconductor, Nano-Electronic, Bio-Electronic, MEMS/NEMS, PV technologies, and disciplines such as design, manufacturing, test, and packaging.

The list of plenary keynoters offers a comprehensive perspective from design, process, and tool methodologies. Keynoters and their topics include:

Creating a More Sustainable World through Smarter Design
John Chilton, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Development, Synopsys

Neuromorphics: The reality of nanoscale devices as part of future System on System (SoS) integration
Prof. Kamran Eshraghian, founder and President, ELabs

Bio-inspired Electronics based on Spin and Dipole Fluctuated System
Dr. Hitoshi Tabata, Professor, Head of Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo

Analog IC Market Trends: The OLD becomes NEW again
Paul Emerson, General Manager, Texas Instruments

Leveraging parallel processing in SoCs
Dr. Jeroen Leijten, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Silicon Hive

ASQED2010 offers the following tutorials by industry experts:
Terascale Computing and Interconnect Challenges: 3D Stacking Considerations
Dr. Tanay Karnik, Intel

Planar and Nonplanar Structures Thermal Modeling Studies
Dr. Rajiv V. Joshi, Research Scientist, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

ESD + RFIC Co-Design for Whole-Chip Design Optimization
Prof. Albert Wang, Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of California

IPC Standards and Electronics Manufacturing Environment
David W. Bergman, Vice President, IPC

ASQED2010 technical session consists of over 70 presentations by engineers and researchers worldwide, covering the following topics:
* Circuit & System Design
* Test & Verification
* IC Packaging Technology
* PCB and PWB Technology & Manufacturing
* Semiconductor & Nano Technology
* Bio Electronics Innovations
* Photovoltaic Technology & Manufacturing
* Electronic Design Automation Methodologies
* Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS)

Papers will be presented in three parallel tracks on August 3-4.