Region 10 Chapters Meeting - Update of Singapore Chapter (Dec 2007 – Nov 2008) Yong-Ping Xu

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Summary of Activities l Conference -1 l Distinguished Lecture – 1 l Short courses – 3 l Seminar/technical talks – 4 l Industry event (Sponsor) – 1 l Administrative committee meeting - 4 Reported by: Rajan Walia

Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore, December , 2007 Event highlight and participants statistics Australia2Germany3Japan14Singapore69 Belgium2India2Korea17Sweden2 Canada1Iran3Malaysia9Switzerland2 China10Iraq4Netherland2Taiwan10 France4Italy1Spain1USA7 Nationality of attendees and speakers : Total participants: 165, Speakers: ~80 Program highlights and number of papers submitted and accepted: 24 invited papers 4 tutorials 2 keynote 14 sessions 2 interactive forums 57 papers accepted from 98 submissions, representing 22 countries Acceptance rate 58%

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Distinguished Lecture l Prof Thomas Lee “Overview of CMOS RFIC Design” Date: 8 Dec 2007 Attendance: 70

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Short course -1 l ISSCC 07 Tutorial replay “Continuous-time  Data Converters" by Yiannos Manoli l “How to write good ISSCC papers” by Jan van de Spiegel and Kenneth Smith Date: 22 August 2008 Venue: National University of Singapore Attendance: 90

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Short course -2 l ISSCC 07 Tutorial replay “Embedded Power Management Circuits " by Philip Mok Date: 5 Sept 2008 Venue: Nanyang Technological University, S’proe Attendance: 85

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Short course -3 l “Analog Circuits for Image Sensors " by Dr Gunhee Han, Yonsei Univ. Korea Date: May 2008 Venue: Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore Attendance: 10

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Seminars/Technical talks 1. CEO talk Topic: From Idea to Necessity – “The unfolding of Analog IP Industry” Prof Jose Franca, MIPS-Chipidea Attendance: “Low-power analog IC Design in nanometer CMOS Technologies” Prof Willy Sansen Date: 27 April 2008 Attendance: 60

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Seminars/Technical talks 3. “High performance RF circuit blocks for GHz Applications” Mr Frank Henkel, Managing Director, IMST DSI GmbH, Germany Attendance: “Field-Plate Technology for CMOS RFICs” Prof. Jeffrey S. Fu, Chang Gung University, Taiwan Attendance: 30

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l Industry Event (Chapter as a sponsor) l “Semicon Summit 2008” l Theme: “Leveraging on Singapore’s semiconductor Ecosystem” l Organized by MIDAS – Singapore’s Semiconductor Community Attendance: 80

Region 10 Chapters Meeting - 4 Nov 2008 Solid-State Circuits Singapore Chapter l 4 Administrative committee meetings l Future Plan l Short course by Prof Thomas Lee – “RFIC Design & Implementation: An Introduction Plus” (15 Nov 2008) l More ISSCC 2007 DVD Tutorial replays l RFIT Symposium 2009 (Dec 2009) l DL/Seminars/Short courses