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International Solid-State Circuits Conference is a global forum for presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and Systems-on-a-Chip. The conference is held every year in February at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in downtown San Francisco. ISSCC is sponsored by IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.

According to The Register, "The ISSCC event is the second event of each new year, following the Consumer Electronics Show, where new PC processors and sundry other computing gadgets are brought to market."{{cite web |url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/12/01/isscc_2011_chip_preview/ |title = Forget Xmas: Get set for the octacore v Bulldozer DEATHMATCH • The Register}}

History of ISSCC

Early participants in the inaugural conference in 1954 belonged to the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Circuit Theory Group and the IRE subcommittee of Transistor Circuits. The conference was held in Philadelphia and local chapters of IRE and American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) were in attendance. Later on AIEE and IRE would merge to become the present-day IEEE.

The first conference consisted of papers from six organizations: Bell Telephone Laboratories, General Electric, RCA, Philco, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania. The registration was $4 (early registration was $3) and 601 people registered. International attendees arrived from Canada, England and Japan. With subsequent conferences came many more international participants with the first international presentation in 1958. By 1965, the number of overseas program committee members increased to 8 and in 1970 the overseas members began meeting separately in both Europe and Japan. Selected members of these regional program committees would attend the final program meeting in America.

The name of the 1954 Conference appears in various publications and documents as: "The Transistor Conference", "The Conference on Transistor Circuits", "The Philadelphia Conference", or "The National Conference on Transistor Circuits". The current name "International Solid-State Circuits Conference" was settled by the organizers in 1960.

While ISSCC was founded in Philadelphia, in the mid-1960s the center of semiconductor development in the United States was shifting west. In 1978, the conference was held on alternate coasts with New York soon substituting for Philadelphia. In 1990, San Francisco became the Conference's permanent home.

In 2013, ISSCC celebrated its 60th anniversary and will had several special programs to celebrate 60 years of circuit and SoC innovation.

Technical Program Committee

The Technical Program Committee (TPC) in early years was extremely fluid in order to deal with the constantly changing topics in the industry. By 1968 the list of subcommittees had settled to Digital, Analog (Linear), Microwave and Other, where the subcommittee members in Other would address the one-of-a-kind papers. In the 80's, the Microwave Subcommittee was dropped from the program as the overlap between the topics and attendees was diminishing. In addition, Digital split into Digital, Memory and Signal Processing subcommittees. In 1992, Emerging Technologies was launched and chartered to seek out the one-of-a-kind applications which may find a home in ISSCC. Today there are 10 subcommittees: Analog, Data Converters, Energy Efficient Digital (EED), High-Performance Digital (HPD), Imagers, MEMs, Medical and Displays (IMMD), Memory, RF, Technology Directions (formerly Emerging Technologies), Wireless and Wireline.

TPC chairs

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style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Technical Program Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Technical Program Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Technical Program Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1954

|J. Linvill

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1955

|H. Tompkins

|Burroughs Corp

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1956

|H. Woll

|RCA Labs

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1957

|G. Royer

|IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1958

|R. Baker

|MIT Lincoln Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1959

|A. Stern

|General Electric

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1960

|T. Finch

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1961

|J. Suran

|General Electric

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1962

|R. Adler

|MIT

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1963

|S. Ghandhi

|Philco Scientific Lab

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1964

|P. Myers

|Marietta Corp

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1965

|G. Herzog

|RCA Labs

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1966

|G. Herzog

|RCA Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1967

|R. Baker

|MIT

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1968

|R. Petritz

|Texas Instruments

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1969

|R. Engelbrecht

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1970

|T. Bray

|General Electric

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1971

|R. Webster

|Texas Instruments

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1972

|S. Triebwasser

|IBM Research

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1973

|V. Johannes

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1974

|H. Sobol

|Collins Radio

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1975

|W. Pricer

|IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1976

|J. Wuorinen

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1977

|D. Hodges

|Univ. of California

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1978

|J. Heightley

|Sandia Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1979

|W. Kosonocky

|RCA Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1980

|J. Plummer

|Stanford Univ.

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1981

|B. Wooley

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1982

|P. Gray

|Univ. of California

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1983

|L. Terman

|IBM Research

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1984

|P. Verhofstadt

|Fairchild uProc. Div.

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1985

|H. Boll

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1986

|A. Grebene

|Micro Linear Corp

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1987

|R. Baertsch

|General Electric

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1988

|W. Herndon

|Fairchild Research Ctr.

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1989

|H. Mussman

|AT&T Bell Labs

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1990

|C. Gwyn

|Sandia Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1991

|J. Trnka

|IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1992

|A. Shah

|Texas Instruments

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1993

|R. Jaeger

|Auburn Univ.

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1994

|D. Monticelli

|National Semiconductor

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1995

|T. Tredwell

|Eastman Kodak

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1996

|F. Hewlett

|Sandia Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1997

|R. Hester

|Texas Instruments

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1998

|J. Cressler

|Auburn Univ.

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1999

|S. Taylor

|Triquent Semiconductor

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2000

|R. Crisp

|Rambus, Inc.

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2001

|G. Gulak

|Univ. of Toronto

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2002

|W. Sansen

|KU Leuven

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2003

|A. Chandrakasan

|MIT

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2004

|A. Kanuma

|Toshiba

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2005

|I. Young

|Intel

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2006

|J. Sevenhans

|Consultant

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2007

|J. Van der Spiegel

|Univ of Pennsylvania

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2008

|Y. Hagihara

|Sony

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2009

|W. Bowhill

|Intel

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2010

|A. Theuwissen

|Harvest Imaging/ Delft Univ

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2011

|W. Gass

|Texas Instruments

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2012

|H. Hidaka

|Renesas Electronics

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2013

|B. Nauta

|Univ of Twente

European Committee Chairs

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style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | European Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | European Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | European Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1971-1974

| J. C. van Vessem

| Philips

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1975-1976

| O. Folberth

| IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1977-1979

| N. C de Troye

| Philips Research

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1980-1983

| H. H. Berger

| IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1984-1985

| J. Borel

| Thomson EFCIS

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1986-1988

| J. Lohstroh

| Philips Research

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1989-1994

| K. Hoffman

| Univ. der Bundeswehr

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1995-2002

| R. van de Plassche

| Philips Research

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2003-2004

| J. Sevenhans

| Alcatel

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2005-2006

| A. Theuwissen

| DALSA BV

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2007-2008

| R. Koch

| Infineon Technologies

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2009-2010

| Q. Huang

| ETH Zurich

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2011

| B. Nauta

| Univ. Twente

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2012-2013

| A. Pärssinen

| Renesas Mobile

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Far East Committee Chairs

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style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Far East Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Far East Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Far East Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1971-1972

| T Sugano

| Univ. of Tokyo

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1973-1974

| S Hamada

| NTT

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1975-1976

| Y. Tarui

| Electrotechnical Lab

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1977-1978

| M. Uenohara

| Nippon Elect Co

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1979-80

| M. Watanabe

| NTT

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1981-1982

| K. Kurokawa

| Fujitsu

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1983-1984

| M. Nagata

| Hitachi CRL

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1985-1986

| Y. Takeishi

| Toshiba

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1987-1988

| H. Sasaki

| NEC

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1989-1990

| T. Sudo

| NTT

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1991-1992

| T. Nakano

| Mitsubishi

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1993-1994

| H. Ishikawa

| Fujitsu

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1995-1996

| G. Kano

| Matsushita

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1997-1998

| M. Kubo

| Hitachi

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1999-2000

| Y. Unno

| Toshiba

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2001-2002

| H. Watanabe

| NEC

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2003-2004

| Y. Hagiwara

| Sony

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2005-2006

| K. Iizuka

| Sharp

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2007-2008

| J. Chung

| Pohang Univ of Science & Tech

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2009-2010

| T. Kawahara

| Hitachi

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2011-2012

| H-J Yoo

| Kaist

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 2013

| M. Ikeda

| Univ of Tokyo

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Executive committee

ISSCC is a strictly non-profit organization run by the Executive Committee. From formative years through 1980 the Conference chair was usually filled by the previous year's Program Chair. To provide needed continuity, the term of Conference Chair was extended to at least 5 years.

Conference Chairs

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style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Conference Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Conference Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Year

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Conference Chair

| style="background:#00308F; color: white " | Affiliation

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1954

|I. Wolf

|RCA

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1955

|D. Fink

|Philco

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1956

|G. Haller

|General Electric

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1957

|A. Samuel

|IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1958

|J. Mulligan Jr

|New York University

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1959

|J. Morton

|Bell Labs

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1960

|A. Stern

|General Electric

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1961

|T. Finch

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1962

|J. Suran

|General Electric

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1963

|F. Blecher

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1964

|E. Johnson

|RCA

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1965

|J. Angell

|Stanford Univ.

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1966, 1969

|J. Meindl

|US Army Electronics Cmd., Stanford Univ.

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1967-1968

|J. Mayo

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1970

|R. Engelbrecht

|Bell Labs

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1971, 1980-1987

|J. Raper

|General Electric

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1972

|R. Webster

|Texas Instruments

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1973

|S. Triebwasser

|IBM Research

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1974

|V. Johannes

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1975

|H. Sobol

|Collins Radio

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1976, 1988-1996

|W. Pricer

|IBM

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1977

|J. Wuorinen

|Bell Labs

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1978

|D. Hodges

|Univ. of California

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1979

|J. Heightley

|Sandia Labs

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" | 1997-2001

|J. Trnka

|IBM

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2002-2007

|T. Tredwell

|Eastman Kodak, Carestream Health

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2010-2018

|A. Chandrakasan

|MIT

style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2019-2020

|J. Van der Spiegel

|University of Pennsylvania

| style="background: #7CB9E8; color:black" |2021-

|K. Zhang

|TSMC

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See also

References

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  • W. David Pricer, "ISSCC: Sixty Years of Innovative Evolution", 2013 Commemorative Supplement to the Digest of Technical Papers, ISSCC 2013 (to be published)