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Previous DesignCons: 2001
2001 Archive
Highlights | Schedule | Exhibitor List

2001 DesignCon Schedule
Monday, January 29, 2001 - Thursday, February 1, 2001

Monday, January 29, 2001
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
IBIS Open Forum Meeting

9:00 am – 12:00 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-TF1 Design Tradeoffs in Developing Personal Access Devices
SC-TF2 Advancements in Designing With FPGAs

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-TF1 PCI-X: Designing Advanced I/O
HP-TF2 Improving Code Maintainability and Saving ROM Using Unified Macro Language

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-TF1 USB 2.0 Function Controller Design and Verification

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-TF1 High-Performance Logic Translation and Clock Distribution ICs Allow New Design Methodologies

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
TecForum Luncheon

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-TF3 Platform-Based Design of SoC
SC-TF4 Tutorial on Design Closure

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-TF3 Design and Testing of High-Speed Copper-Based Differential Board-to-Board Interconnection Solutions
HP-TF4 Functional Validation and Debug of InfiniBand Systems

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-TF2 What Constitutes Star IP?
IP-TF3 Bridging RTL and C Standards

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-TF2 One-Day System Level Design Environment

4:15 pm – 6:30 pm
VSIA Forum on VSIA Compliance and Reception

Tuesday, January 30, 2001
9:00 am – 9:50 am
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-01 Techniques to Address Greater On-Chip Performance in SoC Applications
SC-02 Netlist Translation Without Vectors

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-01 Using TDR and Frequency Domain Analysis to Ensure Signal Integrity in High-Speed Interconnects
HP-02 LVDS SERDES 660 Mbps Testing Uses JTAG, BIST, and Loopback

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-01 An Intelligent Memory Approach Using Address and Data Port Processing
IP-02 Integrating LX4180: A VoIP ASSP Experience

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-01 Performance Evaluation of Gbps Backplane Serial Links
WB-02 Top Ten Requirements for Service Discovery

10:00 am – 10:50 am
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-03 System-on-Chip Multi-Processor for Voice over IP
SC-04 Reconfigurable SoC Using an Embedded Module Array

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-03 The Engineering Engine and InfiniBand Architecture at Speed

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-03 IP Implementation in FPGAs
IP-04 Integration of a DDR Controller Into SoC ASIC

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-03 Non-Linear Full Wave Time Domain Solutions Using FDTD–SPICE for High-Speed Digital and RF
WB-04 Architecture Determination in Optical Access Networks

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Executive Forum Workshop: The Internet Appliance Market: Business Factors and Technologies That Will Make It Soar

1:00 am – 11:50 am
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-05 The Dynamics of SoC Design Methodologies and Application-Specific Platforms
SC-06A Design Verification: RTL Sign-Off and Design Intent Validation
SC-06B Hierarchical Design Methodology for Multi-Million Gate ASICs

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-05 Advances in High-Speed Design in Dispersively Attenuating Environments, Such As Cables and Backplanes
HP-06 GTLP in Live Insertion Applications

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-05 Application Extensions for DSP Core
IP-06A When Memories Forget: Soft Errors in Very Deep Sub-Micron Memories
IP-06B Development and Deployment of Star IP

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-05 Overcoming Packaging Limitations in Wireless IC Designs
WB-06 Transactional Interactive Messaging: Utilizing a Dynamic Personal, Interactive Communications Portal

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Opening Keynote Address and Industry Luncheon

12:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Exhibits Open

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-07 The Programmable Logic Core: Enabling the Configurable System-on-Chip
SC-08 When All You Have Is Money: Verification Experience at a Start-Up

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-07 Modeling Loss and Jitter in High-Speed Serial Interconnects
HP-08 Improved Method for Characterizing and Modeling Flex-Circuit–Based Connectors at 2.5 Gbps

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-07 Clock Tuning Circuit for IP Core Integration in SoC
IP-08 Automated IP Core Integration Using Tool Command Language (TCL)

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-07 Probing and Analyzing Communication Systems
WB-08 Bluetooth Compliance Validation at the RTL Design Stage

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Executive Forum Workshop: How to Achieve Success With Global Research and Development

3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-09 FPSLIC for SoC: Micros with Muscles or FPGA with Brains?
SC-10 Verification Techniques for Processor-Based Communications SoCs

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-09A Broadband Measurements in the Differential Mode: Accurate Determination of Dispersive Attenuation
HP-09B Rigorous Evaluation of Worst-Case Total Cross-Talk in the Time Domain Using Frequency Domain Scattering Parameters
HP-10 Signal Integrity Measurement and the Requirements Imposed by High-Speed Design

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-09 An Asynchronous Buffer-and-Compare Circuit for Minimizing Glitches on Bit Vectors
IP-10 Analog HDLS in Design and Verification of Large ICs

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-09 Design Analyses for Broadband, Non-Interfering, Multiple Access RF Communications Links from User Terminals to Comsat Hub in Two-Way VSAT Networks
WB-10 A Software Radio Approach for Broadband Wireless

4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
High Performance System Design Conference
HP-11 Using Silicon Technology to Extend the Useful Life of Backplane and Card Substrates at 3.125 Gbps and Beyond
HP-12 A 1.6 G-Bit/s/pin Multi-Level Parallel Interconnection

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-11 8-Bit Microcontroller With Integrated Programmable Gain Amplifier in 10-Bit A/D Signal Path
IP-12 Internet Appliance Development Platform Using Intel StrongArm Processor and Xilinx PCI Core

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
Panel: The ASIC/FPGA Battle: Will a Hybrid Solution Win?

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Wireless and Optical Broadband Communications Design Conference Panel: The Future of Optical Broadband Networking

System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-11 Design of a Bluetooth Radio on a Chip
SC-12 Accelerating Inkjet Printer Design and Verification Through Flexible Hardware Emulation

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-13A 2.5 Gbps Backplane Design, Simulation, and Measurement
HP-14 Designing and Verifying High-Speed Memory Buses

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-13 Re-Usable IP Takes Center Stage in Rapid Prototyping and Verifying of SoC Design
IP-14 Real-World Requirements for an IP Re-Use System

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-11 Open Switching Architectures
WB-12 Computing Without Computers

Wednesday, January 31, 2001
10:00 am – 10:50 am

System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-13 AMBA Development Board Accelerates Peripheral Verification and Software Development
SC-14 Platform Approaches to Achieve SoC Designs in Six Months or Less

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-15A Signal Integrity Considerations for 10 Gbit/s Transmission Over Backplane Systems
HP-15B Practical Characterization and Analysis of Lossy Transmission Line
HP-16 Design of a 3.2 GB/s Memory Sub-System for Play Station 2

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-15 Verifying Virtual Components and VC–Based SoC Designs
IP-16 A Fundamental Design Problem: Finding the Right Design

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-13 Signal Integrity: It Matters for Both Electrical and Optical Devices and Systems
WB-14 Vector-Based Graphical Modeling of Physical Layer (PHY) Functions in High-Performance Communications ICs

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
DesignCon Plenary Panel: Design Engineering and the World Wide Web: Where They Meet to Create Ultimate Value

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Keynote Address and Industry Luncheon

12:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Exhibits Open

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-15 Embedded Power Management in Mixed-Signal ASICs
SC-16 Automatic Bus Functional Model Test Bench Generation for PCI–Based Systems

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-17 Demonstrator for Transmission Via Backplane in CMOS Technology at Data Rates of 2.5 gbps and Higher
HP-18 Source Synchronous Bus Design and Timing Analysis for High-Volume Manufacturable System Interconnect

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-17 The Hardware Software Interface: The Weak Link?
IP-18 Web-Based Exchange of Complex DSP IP for Wireless SoC Applications

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-15 IP Core–Based Design, High-Speed Processor Design and Multiplexing LAN Architectures Enabled by 3D Wafer Bonding Technologies
WB-16 IP–Centric Architecture for Optical Network Architecture

3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-17 Unified ASIC and FPGA Flows for Timing Convergence
SC-18 Design for Test in Mixed-Signal SoC: A Case Study

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-19 Solution Space Analysis: Attacking the High-Speed Analysis Problem
HP-20 Layout Constraints for Signal Integrity on Digital Boards With Sub-Nanosecond Driver Edge Rates

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-19 The Application of Trapezoidal Association of Transistors for Comparators and Sigma-Delta Modulators in a Pre-Diffused Digital CMOS Array
IP-20 Virtual Component Repository: Supplier Connect

(IP) World Forum Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-17 SOIS: Smart Optical Interconnection Systems
WB-18 Laser Micro-Machining for Optical Interconnection

4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-19 A Hierarchical Design Methodology for 50M Gate Designs
SC-20 Designing a Simple FPGA RISC CPU and System-on-Chip

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-19 An Open Platform for Development of Network Processing Modules in Reprogrammable Hardware
WB-20 When Less Is More: Lowering Insertion Loss in High-Density Optical Connectors Is a Key Enabling Technology in Advanced Optical Systems Design

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
IP World Forum Conference Panel: Engineering Management Business Considerations in the Use of Semiconductor Intellectual Property

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
High-Performance System Design Conference Panel: Design for Extreme Data Rate Performance: Reaching Toward Theoretical Limits

Thursday, February 1, 2001
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
System-on-Chip Design Conference
SC-TF5 TecForum: Functional Verification of Hardware and Software in Embedded Systems Designs: ASIC Verification
SC-TF6 TecForum: Internet-Aware Embedded Systems

High Performance System Design Conference
HP-TF5 TecForum: High-Performance Bus Solutions Overview and Analysis of GTLP/BTL Backplane Design and Operation

Intellectual Property (IP) World Forum
IP-TF4 TecForum: Internet Intellectual Property Evaluation and SoC Verification: Accelerating Systems Design

Wireless and Broadband Design Conference
WB-TF3 TecForum: A Next-Generation Digital Signal Processing Core Ideal for Communications Applications
WB-TF4 TecForum: Wireless Local Area Networks: Putting Technology Innovation Into Action