Through the Looking Glass: Trend Tracking for ISSCC 2012

The intent of the present article is to share with IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) membership a sampling of the views held by the diverse group of experts rep resented by the Program Committee, which for ISSCC 2012 is composed of 159 mem bers. These members are divided into ten subcommittees whose size ranges from 12 to 18 people. This year, the subcommittees are focusing on the following areas: analog; data converters; energy-efficient digital; high-performance digital; imagers, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), medical, and displays; memory; radio fre quency; technology directions; wireless; and wireline.