In this Section: Overview l Topics of Interest l Paper Submission l Guidelines for Double Blind Review l Invited Industry Sessions l Demonstration Sessions l Confidentiality Agreement l Acceptable Terminology (New!)

Guidelines for Double Blind Review

ISSCC 2026 – Double-Blind Paper Review

Double-Blind Review. The Paper Selection will follow a double-blind review, meaning that both the authors and reviewers will remain anonymous during the Paper Selection process. All authors MUST adhere to the following guidelines to conceal their identity: (1) Eliminate author names, contact information, affiliations, and publicly known product names from the entire Title, Abstract, Manuscript, and Cover Page, which is generated based on author responses at the Submissions Website, including PDF metadata, logos on die photos, logos on printed circuit board photos, etc. Author names can appear in the cited references (see item 2). The Submissions Website allows authors to modify the Title (“Paper Title (blinded)”) if the intended title would reveal the authors or their affiliation. (2) Cite all relevant prior work (including your own) in the third person (e.g., “The design in [1] demonstrates…”; do not use the words “my” or “our”). Work that is substantially related to the submission and has been submitted to another conference/journal, but has not been published yet, must be cited in an anonymized format and must be uploaded as supplementary material as described at the Submission Website. This supplementary material does not need to be anonymous, as it will be checked only after the Paper Selection. Do not cite patents. (3) Eliminate acknowledgements and references to funding sources. These can be added later if the paper is accepted. (4) Do not contact the Program Committee members outside of your own organization to solicit input on your manuscript. (NEW) Notifying Program Committee members outside of your organization of your submission is a direct violation of the double-blind-review policy and results in an immediate rejection of your paper. The identity of authors is only known to the Program Chair/Vice Chair and the Subcommittee Chairs. You may contact them for questions. (NEW) Submissions with a clear blind-review violation will be penalized during the Paper Selection. This penalty affects the paper acceptance as well as consideration for awards and the JSSC Special Issue invitation. To ensure your submission complies with these rules please carefully review the sample manuscript, the FAQ on Double-Blind Review, and the guidelines on how to write a good submission at the ISSCC Website. The review process will include a software-based plagiarism check. After Paper Selection, a final Pre-Publication Check (using the authors’ names and any supplemental material provided) is applied using the guidelines summarized below. ISSCC may withdraw any paper that violates the Pre-Publication Guidelines.

Review Process & Criteria: Submissions are reviewed by an ISSCC subcommittee that covers the topic of the Manuscript. The authors’ suggested subcommittees are strongly considered when assigning each submission to a subcommittee. Submissions are rated by the subcommittee members based on the (i) innovation, (ii) significance in the field, and (iii) technical quality (i.e., text and figures). Authors should provide clear evidence of what is novel in their work and/or the extent to which it advances the state of the art. Many submissions will be stronger in innovation or significance, so both dimensions are considered by the subcommittee. A high level of technical quality and clarity is a requirement for all submissions. Successful submissions contain specific new results, sufficient technical detail and data to be understood, circuit schematics, measured results to support claims, and tabulated comparisons with recently published work, where appropriate.

For further details on manuscript preparation, check the ISSCC Website or send an email with your questions to the Director of Publications: Laura Fujino, Email: lcfujino@aol.com. All information regarding submission is also available at the Submissions Website.

Notification of Acceptance: (NEW) Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 15, 2025, representing a 1-week delay from previous years to allow a thorough Pre-Publication Check and follow up on any author clarifying questions from the Paper Selection. Program Committee members are strictly prohibited from sharing any information to authors about the paper status prior to the official notification date. A submission may be accepted as either a regular or short paper. A regular paper is allowed 25 minutes (20 minutes presentation time). A short paper is allowed 15 minutes (12 minutes presentation time). Regular and short papers must meet the same submission and quality standards. These papers differ only in the determination by the Program Committee of the time required to present the key ideas.

Authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to modify their manuscript, except the reported key performance indicators. All information removed/anonymized following the Double-Blind-Review Guidelines (e.g., logo on die photo, etc.) may be added back to the final paper upon acceptance. The Program Committee may require specific additional revisions. There will be further formatting requirements for the final Digest Manuscript. The presenting author is required to register for the conference in advance.