Message from the General and Program Chairs

This proceeding contains the papers presented at the IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, held 7-9 April in Montpellier and hosted by the University of Montpellier 2 and the Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM), France. This Symposium explores emerging trends and novel ideas and concepts in the area of VLSI. The Symposium covers a range of topics: from VLSI circuits, systems, design and test methods to system level design and systemon-chip issues, to bringing VLSI experience to new areas and technologies. Future design methodologies will also be one of the key topics at the symposium, as well as new CAD tools to support them. For almost two decades, the Symposium has been a unique forum promoting multidisciplinary research and new visionary approaches in the area of VLSI. It brings together leading scientists and researchers from academia and industry, and has established a reputation in inviting well-known international scientists as invited speakers. The 2008 edition will continue to strive to achieve the high standards that participants have come to expect of this Symposium. All this is, of course, only made possible by the submission of papers from researchers and scientists all over the world. A critical review process for the 245 papers submitted papers (around 800 reviews) was carried out by a Program Committee composed of well-known scientific experts. A total number of 74 selected regular papers (30% of the submitted papers) and 21 poster papers cover the broad spectrum of competence and knowledge in the domain of VLSI research. The size of the ISVLSI Symposium has grown significantly over the years, and can now be considered to be one of the major conference in the area of VLSI circuit design and test. We would like to thank all the authors for submitting articles describing their original work, and for preparing the final versions of the accepted papers. We would also especially like to thank the hard work done by the Program Committee members and additional reviewers, who helped to guarantee a very high-quality program and successful compilation of the final proceedings. Many thanks to the Steering Committee for their outstanding support, and helpful advice. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of Pascal Benoit and all the colleagues of the LIRMM laboratory for their work in managing many technical, local, and financial issues regarding the practical organization of ISVLSI.