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cinating culture. Kyoto was the capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years,
and it was spared from the bombing
and fires that decimated most large cities in the country during World War II.
As a result, there are numerous ancient
sites and artifacts to explore in this
venerable city. Along with the demo
reception, banquet, diversity luncheon,
and luncheon talk, there was also the
opportunity to relax at the end of the
symposia by making a group visit to
Taizo
ˉ -in Zen Buddhist temple and
experiencing Zen meditation-with
an optional Zen-priest-induced wallop on the shoulder to reinvigorate the
sleepy or unfocused participant.

Anticipating the Next Opportunity

The Taizo
ˉ-in Zen Buddhist temple.

A Zen priest instructing participants on meditation.

Cellular Sensor Array With 1,568-Pixel
Parallel Recording and 4-Point Impedance Sensing," which demonstrated
the ability to derive cellular-level optical- and impedance-based images to
precisely capture cell distribution,
growth, and proliferation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
demonstrated (during the adjacent
demo session) a 3D imaging system
with carbon nanotube circuitry that
utilizes a sandwich of silicon pixels
stacked below two successive layers
of CMOS carbon-nanotube field effect
transistors (CNFETs) that perform in
situ edge detection in real time and
exhibit the potential advantages of

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hybrid silicon-CNFET operation. The
application of innovative circuits to
machine-learning problems is continuing to gain traction in the industry and
was highlighted during multiple sessions at the symposia. For example, a
deep neural network (DNN) accelerator
presented by Nvidia reveals a meshnetwork-connected 36-chip DNN that
achieves a peak of 127.8 tera operations per second.

Social and Cultural Activities in
Conjunction With the Symposia
The gathering also provided social
activities and opportunities to learn
and experience Kyoto's unique and fas-

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The annual Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits are regarded
as the premier midyear gatherings
for the advancement of microelectronics technology and circuits.
The Kyoto symposia achieved a
record attendance of over 1,200 participants as well as a short-course
record attendance of 656. The Symposium on VLSI Technology began
in 1981, while the Symposium on
VLSI Circuits was added in 1987.
The two meetings have been held
together ever since, rotating annually between Japan and Hawaii. In
2020, the sy mposia w ill be held
at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in
Honolulu on 15-19 June 2020. For further information, please visit www
.vlsisymposium.org.
The Symposium on VLSI Circuits
is sponsored by the IEEE Solid-State
Circuits Society (SSCS) and the Japan
Society of Applied Physics in cooperation with the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication
Engineers and the IEEE Electron Devices Society. The Symposium on
VLSI Technology is sponsored by the
IEEE Electron Devices Society and the
Japan Society of Applied Physics in
cooperation with SSCS.
-Bryan Casper
Publicity Chair
Symposium on VLSI Circuits

http://www.vlsisymposium.org

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