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Chair: W. David Pricer, ISSCC Executive Committee Chair
Associate Chair: Frank W. Hewlett, Sandia Labs, Albuquerque, NM
FORMAL OPENING OF CONFERENCE (9:00)
IINVITED ADDRESS (9:15)
1.1 Multimedia Complex on a Chip
Hajime Sasaki
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Using submicron CMOS technology, multimedia LSIs realize integration of fundamental multimedia functions such as audio, image and video processings on a chip. It is now the beginning of the era of multimedia on a chip. More functions such as human interface must be integrated on a single die to facilitate multimedia anytime, anywhere, and at will. 0.15-0.07um CMOS technology will make feasible almost all the functions of a multimedia system on a chip: a true "multimedia complex on a chip." Design alternatives for the MPEG1 decoder in 0.5um CMOS technology (dedicated engine, DSP, and microprocessor) are reviewed and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. In the deep submicron era, ten million gates and gigahertz-operation are feasible. Future design issues are addressed. Multimedia is really a "silicon eater" and will drive progress of solid-state-circuit technology.
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INVITED ADDRESS (10:30)
1.2 Camera on a Chip
Bryan Ackland, Alex Dickinson
AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
Multimedia applications based on video and still images will create a huge demand for compact, low-cost, low-power cameras. Recently-developed image sensors based on standard CMOS meet these requirements by enabling the construction of integrated camera subsystems in which sensor array, A/D, timing, control, video signal processing and even lenses are integrated on a single die. Integrated camera architectures and circuits are described together with their application to multimedia, security and document imaging.
INVITED ADDRESS (11:15)
1.3 One-Chip Television
Leo Nederlof
Philips Semiconductors, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
One-chip television is a system performing all signal processing in a standard TV set between the tuner output and the input of the power amplifiers of the display and sound systems. This includes IF amplification, video and sound demodulation, luminance processing, (multi-standard) color decoding, deflection signal processing, and so on. All signal processing is analog. Control and adjustment signals are encoded digitally (via a 12C bus). One-chip TV is produced using a mixed bipolar/CMOS process (BiMOS). Analog signal processing uses primarily bipolar circuit techniques. Digital control logic is CMOS. One-chip TV is an example of how market requirements, modern technology, and state-of-the-art circuit techniques cooperate to shape a unique system on silicon.
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