Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 2001 retrospective

San Diego, California, a hotbed of telecommunications activities, was the site of this year's Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), held 6–9 May. The CICC (http://www.ieee-cicc.org/) upheld its tradition as a first-class international forum for circuit designers to discuss practical aspects of integrated-circuit design. Conference highlights included: four parallel educational sessions organized in a one-day program with four invited speakers per session, 122 technical paper presentations organized in a three-day program with four parallel sessions each day, three spirited panel discussions (one in the afternoon and two in the evening), and an exhibit hall packed with semiconductor and EDA industry leaders.