About the Symposia

The founders of the Symposia, Professors Shoji Tanaka and Walter Kosonocky, first organized the VLSI Technology Symposium in 1981 to provide an opportunity for world’s top technologists to engage in an open exchange of ideas on what was quickly becoming a revolution in the world’s industrial capability. Since then, the Symposium has been held annually and has developed into an important and valuable event for people working in the VLSI industry. The presentation of high-quality technical papers has enabled attendees to learn about new directions in the development of VLSI technology. The Symposium’s collegial atmosphere has made this an enjoyable learning experience.

The Symposium on VLSI Technology has alternated each year between sites in the US and Japan. In 1987, the first Symposium on VLSI Circuits was held in conjunction with the VLSI Technology Symposium in recognition of the growing interest to provide the same intensely focused and open forum for discussing circuit and system implementations. During the past 30 years, this annual gathering has increased in value for all participants, with many new technologies and circuits introduced during past Symposia, which have contributed to the prosperity of the world. The Symposia sponsors continue to be the IEEE Electron Devices Society and Solid-State Circuits Society, and the Japan Society of Applied Physics in cooperation with the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.

The two Symposia remained linked for many years to provide opportunities for technology engineers and scientists and circuit and system designers to interact with each other. These interactions are augmented with short courses, invited speakers and several evening panel sessions, including joint focus sessions integrating papers from both disciplines. In recognition of the efforts of organizers, authors, and participants in making the Symposia successful, an extensive entertainment and banquet program is included.

Now in its 44th year of delivering a unique convergence of technology and circuits for the microelectronics industry, the 2024 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology & Circuits will be held as a five-day in-person event onsite at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, HI from June 16-20, 2024. The Symposium will feature selected presentations and panel sessions as well as advanced VLSI technology developments, innovative circuit designs, and the applications they enable, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, wearable/implantable biomedical applications, big data, cloud / edge computing, virtual reality (VR) / augmented reality (AR), robotics, and autonomous vehicles.

Test of Time Award

Established in 2021, the Test of Time Award recognizes the most impactful Symposium papers from each track, published 10 years or more ago, that have established their significance in history.

Test of Time Award Honorees


Best Student Paper Award

Since 2004, the VLSI Symposium has presented a Best Student Paper Award to encourage the research of student projects which will lead the next generation.

Former Best Student Award Winners


Best Demo Paper Award

Since 2017, the VLSI Symposium has presented a Best Demo Paper Award to recognize outstanding Demo paper from each track.

View Former Best Demo Paper Award Winners


Future Symposia

June 16-20, 2024 – Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu


Past Symposia

View a past symposia website by clicking on the year you wish to see.

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2024 Committees

IEEE Executive Committee

Stephen KosonockyAMD

Chair

Members

Fariborz AssaderaghiSiTime
Andreia CathelinSTMicroelectronics
Chorng-Ping ChangStanford University
Ken ChangMarvell
Vivek DeIntel Research Lab
Ichiro FujimoriBroadcom Corp.
Brian GinsburgTexas Instruments
Raj JammyMITRE Engenuity
Gosia JurczakLam Research
Ron KapustaAnalog Devices
Mukesh KhareIBM
Gunther LehmannInfineon Technologies AG
Kofi MakinwaTU Delft
Edith Beigne Meta
Kaizad MistryIntel
Vijay Narayanan IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Borivoje NikolicUniversity of California, Berkeley
Tomas PalaciosMIT
Gary PattonIntel

JSAP Executive Committee

Chair

Tadahiro KurodaThe University of Tokyo

Co-Chair
Toshiro HiramotoThe University of Tokyo

Members

Steve S. ChungNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Kazuhiko EndoTohoku University
Mototsugu HamadaThe University of Tokyo
Makoto IkedaThe University of Tokyo
Taisuke IwaiFujitsu Ltd.
Masato KoyamaKIOXIA Corporation
Meishoku MasaharaNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Katsura MiyashitaToshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp.
Yasunori MochizukiNEC Corporation
Tohru MogamiAIST, Nanoelectronics Research
Katsu NakamuraAnalog Devices, K.K.
Masaaki NiwaThe University of Tokyo
Yusuke OikeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corp.
Sugako OtaniRenesas Electronics Corporation
Ken TakeuchiThe University of Tokyo
Jun TeradaNTT Device Technology Labs.
Takaaki TsunomuraTokyo Electron Ltd.
Tetauzo UedaPanasonic Industry Co., Ltd
Hitoshi WakabayashiTokyo Institute of Technology
Shinya YamakawaSony Semiconductor Solutions Corp.
Kazuo YanoHitachi, Ltd.
Hoi-Jun YooKAIST
Kevin ZhangTSMC

NAE Symposium Officers and Program Committee

Technology Symposium Officers

Symposium ChairGosia JurczakLam Research
Program ChairVijay NarayananIBM
SecretaryBenjamin ColombeauApplied Materials
Evening Panel ChairSeung-Chul SongGoogle
Short Course ChairYue LiangnVidia
Publication ChairFrank ArnaudST Microelectronics
Best Student Paper Award ChairJixin YuWestern Digital
Demo Session ChairAshish AgrawalIntel
Focus Session ChairShimeng YuGeorgia Tech
Workshop ChairTed LetavicGlobalFoundries

Circuits Symposium Officers

Symposium ChairBorivoje Nikolić University of California, Berkeley
Program ChairRon Kapusta Analog Devices
Secretary, Focus Sessions & Invited PapersJohn Wuu Advanced Micro Devices
Publicity ChairAlvin Loke NXP Semiconductors
Panel Session ChairStacy Ho MediaTek
Short Course ChairCarlos Tokunaga Intel Corp.
Best Student Paper Award ChairFarhana Sheikh Intel Corp.
Demo Session ChairCarolina Mora Lopez imec
Virtual Arrangements ChairVanessa Chen Carnegie Mellon University

Members: Technology Track

Gary BronnerRambus
Alessandro CalderoniMicron
Zhihong ChenPurdue
Srabanti ChowdhuryStanford University
Michael DelausAnalog Devices
Karl HoffmanInfineon
Thanh Viet DinhNXP
Nandu MahalingamTexas Instruments
Russell McMullanAMD
Thomas MikolajickNamLab
Vamsi ParuchuriASM
Max ShulakerMIT
Sidney TsaiIBM
Anabela Velosoimec
Elisa VianelloCEA-LETI

Members: Circuits Track

Stephen BrinkTexas Instruments
Andreas Burg EPFL 
Trevor CaldwellAlphawave Semi
Markus Dielacher Infineon 
Qinwen Fan TU Delft 
Ben Keller nvidia 
Namik Kocaman Broadcom Limited, Inc. 
Kevin Kornegay Morgan State University
Lindsey Kostas Qualcomm
Jaydeep Kulkarni University of Texas at Austin 
Inhee Lee University of Pittsburgh 
Yan Li Western Digital 
Zhipeng Li Marvell 
Arun ManickamCepheid
Nereo Markulic imec 
Phillip Nadeau Analog Devices 
Erik Olieman  NXP Semiconductors
Harold Pilo Synosys 
Emmanual Quevy Probius 
Bruce Rae STMicroelectronics 
Priyanka Raina Stanford University 
Sophia Shao UC Berkeley 
R. Bogdan Staszewski  University College Dublin
Axel Thomsen Cirrus Logic 
Zeynep Toprak-Deniz IBM 

JFE Symposium Officers and Program Committee

Symposium Officers

Symposium Co-ChairTakaaki Tsunomura Tokyo Electron Limited
Symposium Co-ChairMototsugu Hamada The University of Tokyo
Program Co-ChairKazuhiko Endo Tohoku University
Program Co-ChairSugako Otani Renesas Electronics Corporation
SecretaryToshifumi Irisawa National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology
SecretaryMakoto Takamiya The University of Tokyo
Publicity Co-ChairMasahiko Kanda Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
Publicity Co-ChairTakashi Tokuda Tokyo Institute of Technology
Evening Panel Co-ChairKazuyuki Tomida Rapidus Corporation
Evening Panel Co-ChairNoriyuki Miura Osaka University
Short Course Co-ChairShosuke Fujii Kioxia Corporation
Short Course Co-ChairTomohiro Nezuka MIRISE Technologies Corporation
Publication ChairKenji Tateiwa Tower Partners Semiconductor(TPSCo)
Best Student Paper Award Co-ChairYoshiki Yamamoto Renesas Electronics Corporation
Best Student Paper Award Co-ChairYukihiro Sasagawa Socionext Inc.
Forum Co-ChairRyuta Tsuchiya Hitachi, Ltd.
Forum Co-ChairKentaro Yoshioka Keio University Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
TreasurerMasaharu KobayashiThe University of Tokyo
Demo Session Co-ChairOsbert Cheng United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)
Demo Session Co-ChairTetsuya Iizuka The University of Tokyo
Focus Session and Invited Paper Co-ChairKenichi Okada Tokyo Institute of Technology
Focus Session Co-ChairTuo-Hung Hou National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Virtual Arrangements Co-ChairTomohiro Takahashi Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Workshop Co-ChairMasanao Yamaoka Hitachi, Ltd.

Members: Technology Track

Jin CaiTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC)
Yoshiaki KikuchiSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Deoksin KilSK Hynix
Tomohiko Kudo Micron Memory Japan, Inc.
Rihito KurodaTohoku University
Byoung Hun LeePohang University of Science and Technology
Hang-Ting Lue Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Yuri Masuoka Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi MoriokaSocionext Inc.
Tetsu Ohtou Tokyo Electron Limited
Yuta Shiratori NTT Corporation
Munehiro Tada NanoBridge Semiconductor, Inc.
Mitsuru Takenaka The University of Tokyo
Aaron Voon-Yew Thean National University of Singapore
Huaqiang Wu Tsinghua University

Members: Circuits Track

Po-Hung ChenNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Wei DengTsinghua University
Chun-Huat HengNational University of Singapore
Sung-Wan HongSogang University
Vinayak HonkoteIntel Corporation
Wangyeong JungKAIST
Kouichi KandaFujitsu Research
Satoshi Kondo Toshiba Corporation
Hyunui LeeMicron Technology
Youngjoo Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Kenichi Matsunaga NTT Corporation
Makoto Miyamura NanoBridge Semiconductor, Inc.
Atsushi MotozawaRenesas Electronics
Shuichi NagaiPanasonic Industry Co., Ltd.
Koji Nii TSMC Design Technology Japan, Inc.
Chun Shiah Etron Technology, Inc.
Kyomin SohnSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Yun-Shiang Shu MediaTek Inc.
Satoru TakaseKIOXIA Corporation
Hisakatsu Yamaguchi Fujitsu Limited
Chia-Hsiang YangNational Taiwan University
C. Patrick YueHong Kong University of Science and Technology

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