To All: This is the final announcement for the DesignCon 2010 IBIS Summit meeting to be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. We have about eleven presentations plus a discussion planned so far. These are noted in the AGENDA section of the announcement below. The IBIS Open Forum is sponsoring the event, but we welcome additional sponsors to cover some of the meeting expenses, including the free lunch and refreshments. Also note that VIP discounts are offered for all DesignCon 2010 conference packages (including free exhibition admission) through links given below. Several IBIS members are also actively participating and presenting material in the DesignCon program. Best Regards, Lance Wang IO Methodology Inc. www.iometh.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IBIS SUMMIT FOURTH CALL FOR PARTICIPATION & PRESENTATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I B I S S U M M I T M E E T I N G Time/Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Location: Santa Clara Convention Center 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California, USA Room: 203 in Convention Center where DesignCon is being held Content: Presentations and Discussions Purpose: Solicit and Exchange IBIS Model Related Information and ideas. Sponsors: Cisco Systems, IBIS, International Engineering Consortium (DesignCon) We are seeking more co-sponsors. Please contact Lance Wang <lwang@xxxxxxxxxx>. The benefits to sponsors include recognition at the meeting and acknowledgement in the Calls for Papers and meeting minutes. Your financial support strengthens the organization by allowing IBIS to focus resources on industry activities rather than raising money, and you will receive generous thanks for your support. DesignCon 2010 Conference: February 1 - 4, 2010 Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, CA http://www.designcon.com/2010/ Exhibits registration: http://www.designcon.com/2010/register/index.asp IBIS Summit participants can register at discounted rates through this link for both the conference and exhibition: http://www.designcon.com/2010/vip_passes/ibis.html However, please also notify Lance Wang (lwang@xxxxxxxxxx) if you are planning to attend the IBIS Summit. Conference Schedule: http://www.designcon.com/2010/attendees/program_schedule.asp BACKGROUND DesignCon is the premier annual Silicon Valley event for the electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor industry. Topics of current interest to the IBIS Open Forum are addressed at DesignCon. This meeting will be conducted as a formal IBIS meeting. Presentations are expected to be available and archived in an electronic format, and minutes of the meeting will be issued. Any pending formal decisions (votes) will be announced at least two weeks prior to the meeting. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS People involved in IBIS Model development, EDA tool development, and digital circuit design are invited to participate in the Summit meeting. If you plan to participate, please register with the information below: Name: E-mail address: Company: Telephone: Send to - Lance Wang <lwang@xxxxxxxxxx> Registration deadline is Wednesday, January 27, 2010 to receive the free lunch. CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS We are seeking presentations from individuals who have experiences of interest to the IBIS modeling community. In the past, these have included, but not limited to: Demonstrations of modeling techniques Explanations of behavioral algorithms Descriptions of difficulties encountered Model correlation Modeling building experiences Comparisons to other modeling methods New technologies for modeling buffers and component New technologies for modeling packaging and interconnects Algorithmic modeling topics Etc. Presentations may be addressed to any and all levels of IBIS experience, from beginning to advanced. Presentation Format: A conference laptop with LCD projector. Powerpoint* or Acrobat* electronic formats are favored and will pre-loaded on the Windows*-based meeting laptop prior to the meeting. Time: Usually 15-30 Minutes Electronic Archival: Presentations will be archived under the IBIS Summits site and also must be submitted in time for uploading and copying. Final submission deadline is: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Otherwise, you should bring 50 copies for distribution. If you plan a presentation, please supply the following information as soon as possible: Tentative Title: Presenter: E-mail address: Company: Telephone: Estimated Time: Send to - Bob Ross <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Note, vendor-specific or product promotion material is illegal at IBIS meeting. We strongly advise that the presentations be submitted by the deadline. The IBIS Open Forum reserves the right to stop or reject a scheduled presentation that has not been previewed. AGENDA The agenda includes presentations, discussions, breaks, and a FREE lunch. So far the tentative titles or topics are shown. IBIS Activities and Future Plans Bob Ross, Teraspeed Consulting Group Top 10 Issues As Seen During IBIS Model Reviews Lynne Green, Green Streak Programs IBIS Quality Checklist Rev. 2.0 Moshiul Haque and Randy Wolff, Micron Technology Are We Over Designing? Model and Measurement Correlation topic Tom Dagostino, Teraspeed Consulting Group Pin-Pair Oriented Extraction Method for Differential Pair Buffers Lance Wang, IO Methodology Quality Metrics for S-parameter Models Yuriy Shlepnev, Simberian Model Connection Protocol overview topic Brad Brim, Sigrity Signal Loop Inductance in [Pin] and [Package Model]s Randy Wolff, Micron Technology SI/PI Co-Analysis and Linearity Indicator Myoung Joon Choi and Vishram Pandit, Intel Corporation IBIS-AMI Report topic Arpad Muranyi, Mentor Graphics Corporation Predicting BER with IBIS-AMI: Experiences Correlating SerDes Simulations and Measurement Todd Westerhoff*, Adge Hawes**, Michael Steinberger*, Kent Dramstad**, Walter Katz*, Barry Katz*, *Signal Integrity Software (SiSoft), and **IBM LIST OF NEARBY HOTELS The Hotel and Travel Link provides a conference hotel discount, and use internet search engines other good lodging deals: http://www.designcon.com/2010/hotel/index.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu