PHYSIOLOGICAL-READOUT

EVENING EVENTS
EE3: Quantum Engineering: Hype, Spin or Reality?
Organizer/ Moderator: Edoardo Charbon, Delft University of Technology Delft,
The Netherlands and EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Quantum engineering is an emerging discipline, which involves studies of materials, devices,
circuits, and architectures that are necessary to develop quantum-based systems. Recently,
quantum computing has received significant attention, and large investments have been made
in this field. Is this interest pure hype, or should we revise our views on computing? This
Panel will address this question as well as various others: is our current understanding of
classical electronics sufficient for the challenges ahead or should we all rethink the way we
design circuits and systems? Will quantum engineering ultimately emerge as the next wave
in research and products or will the economy of scale continue to rule? Will Moore’s Law
compete with, or enable, new quantum technologies?
Panelists
Monday February 6 th , 8:00 PM
James S. Clarke, Intel, Hillsboro, OR
Kenneth Shepard, Columbia University, NewYork, NY
Lieven Vandersypen, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Francesco Regazzoni, University of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
Andrea Morello, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
EE4: Semiconductor Economics:
How Business Decisions are Engineered
Organizers:
Chair:
Ichiro Fujimori, Broadcom, Irvine, CA
Pavan Hanumolu, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Ichiro Fujimori, Broadcom, Irvine, CA
This Evening Session is not about circuits or chip architectures; rather it is a technical session
on economics driving the semiconductor industry. Business leaders (CEOs, CFOs, VCs,
Investors) use very sophisticated financial engineering and analysis tools to make decisions
that sometimes do not appear to make sense to designers working in the technology trenches.
In this evening session, several eminent speakers from the business community will present
various behind-the-scenes technological and business aspects that lead to decisions which
can have a profound impact on both the technology and the lives of circuit designers.
Time
Topic
8:00 PM Introduction
8:05 PM “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” The Challenge in Managing
Expectations of Disparate Stakeholders
Adam Spice, Maxlinear Corporation, Carlsbad, CA
8:30 PM Boom vs. Bust: Valuation Methods for Technology Companies
from Seed Round to Exit
Armond Hairapetian, Miramar Ventures, Newport Beach, CA
8:55 PM Semiconductor Startups & the IP Challenge:
Build, Buy, Borrow, or Burn
Ravi Subramanian, Mentor Graphics Corporation, San Jose, CA
9:20 PM While Searching for the “Indies” You Discover the “New World”:
How to Manage and Finance Long Term Breakthroughs in the
Semiconductor Industry
Domenico Rossi, ST Microelectronics, Milan, Italy
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