Welcometo
Async 2007
Marly RonckenPeter Beerel
Technical Program
• Technical program committee (TPC) – Co-Chairs: Mark Greenstreet (UBC) & Montek Singh (UNC) – 40 members over 11 countries
• Paper review process– Most papers received 5 reviews by TPC members– Additional reviews solicited from outside experts
• Statistics– 53 papers submissions– 18 papers accepted – 34% acceptance ratio
Demo Session
Demonstrator Demo NameSilistix CHAINworks tool chain
Handshake Solutions Handshake Solutions tools and circuits
Fulcrum Microsystems FocalPoint Evaluation Platform
Codetronix Mobius Rapid Development Tools
Tima Secure crypto-processors against power and fault attacks
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill High-Speed Fully-Pipelined GCD Chip
Sun Microsystems Labs Proximity Communication
Intel Corporation GALS Test Chip
Invited Speakers
• Invited Speaker Co-Chairs – Ivan Sutherland (Sun) and Jan Rabaey (UBC)
• Jim Kajiya (Microsoft) - Monday– The future of computer architectures
• Carlo Sequin (UC Berkeley) - Tuesday– Abstract geometric sculptures
• Steve Jacobsen (Sarcos, Inc and UofU) - Banquet– Spectacular robot devices
• Kevin Nowka (IBM Research) - Wednesday– The future world of semiconductor processing
The Social Program
• Monday– Dinner at Chez Panisse (closed) – Founded by Alice Waters and idealistic friends (1971)
• Tuesday Afternoon – San Francisco by Cable Car– Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, and Cable Car Museum
• Tuesday Evening – The Conference Banquet– Steinhart Aquarium - California Academy of Sciences– Dinner with the fish
• Thursday Option 1 – Alcatraz & Lunch (limited availability)– Operated as a federal penitentiary (1934 to 1963)– Features in many movies, including “the Rock”
• Thursday Option 2 – Golf at Tilden Park (limited availability)– Beautiful 18-hole golf course
Corporate Sponsors
Industrial Co-Chairs: Ken Stevens (Univ. of Utah) & Pascal Vivet (CEA-LETI )
Our Cable-Car Logo
• Cable cars going up and down streets of SF– Designed by Ivan and Marly
• Continues the Async tradition …– Of Muller C-element based logos– As each cable car is a three-port device
• Escher-esque– Trace the cable of a cable car … – It becomes the street for the neighboring cable car - and
vice versa.
Behind the Scenes
• University of Utah– Erik Brunvand (Publications Chair)– Chris Coleman (Proceedings cover design)
• Ran Ginosar (Technion)– Publicity Chair
• Sun Microsystems - Local Arrangements– Jeff Rulifson– Jeanie Triechel– Yaeko Hirotsuka
• UC Berkeley– Ferenc Kovac & Winthrop Williams & Kevin Zimmerman (Demo)– Karen Tran, Pete Caragher, Ming Wong, Patrick Au (Audio/Visual)
A Note of Thanks
• The Authors– For submitting the high quality papers
• The Reviewers– For their dedication and the time to review,
discuss, select the papers• The Attendees
– For lively questions and discussion
A Special Thank You
• Richard Newton – UC Berkeley– Professor & Dean of the College
of Engineering– Gave us access to conference site
• Bechtel Engineering Center • Hearst Memorial Mining Building
– Passed away on January 2, 2007• He will be with us in our hearts and
minds during the conference