Date: Tuesday 25 March 2014
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location / Room: Konferenz 6

Organiser:
Marco Casale-Rossi, Synopsys, Inc., US

Chair:
Giovanni De Micheli, EPFL, CH

Crossroads have always been challenging: they require a decision; in Egyptian and Greek mythology they were often guarded by two sphinxes trying to cheat the traveler with their riddles. The two sphinxes, the knight and the knave, the lady and the tiger, are just few instances of difficult puzzles that have kept logicians and mathematicians busy for the last 5,000 years. Today, you are walking down Moore's Law road when you come to a crossroads: one road brings you into the land of emerging technologies: 14, 10 and 7 nanometer, FDSOI, FinFET, 3D-IC,... beyond and below; the other road holds you into the land of established technologies: 28, 40, 65, and 90 nanometers, possibly even above, A&M/S, MEMS,... Choosing the right road is critical to lead your project and your company to success, but making the right decision is increasingly difficult, as it encompasses complex technical and economic considerations. However, unlike the mythological traveler, you won't run into the sphinxes but, rather, into some of our industry best experts; unlike the sphinxes, they will strive to provide you with honest advice about the "road conditions", and you are allowed to ask multiple questions to them to figure out which road is the best for you.

Panelists:

• Rob Aitken, ARM Ltd., US
  
• Antun Domic, Synopsys, Inc., US
  
• Manfred Horstmann, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, DE
  
• Robert Hum, Mentor Graphics Corp., US
  
• Philippe Magarshack, STMicroelectronics, FR
  

13:00

End of session Lunch Break in Exhibition Area Sandwich lunch