Tomorrow's analog: Just dead or just different?

Georges Gielen; Rob Rutenbar; S. Borkar; R. Brodersen; J. H. Chern; E. Naviasky; D. Saias; C. Sodini

doi:10.1145/1146909.1147089

Tomorrow's analog: Just dead or just different?

Georges Gielen, Rob Rutenbar, S. Borkar, R. Brodersen, J. H. Chern, E. Naviasky, D. Saias, C. Sodini

Computer Science

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Abstract

This panel discusses the following topics. With the ongoing trend towards more and more digitization in applications ranging from multimedia to telecommunications, there is a big debate about whether there will remain a need for analog circuits in scaled technologies. Analog circuits do not seem to take advantage of nanometer CMOS; rather they suffer from it. So if the question is asked "Will analog scale?", you get conflicting opinions. One camp argues for an almost-all-digital future: analog/RF content should be limited, because it's difficult, expensive, risky, and can be done with DSP. The opposing camp counters that some critical circuits simply do not want (or need) to scale, and analog is only "risky" when you let digital designers do it. So, what is the future role of analog circuits in scaled CMOS, and can analog EDA tools help in this .

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2006 43rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC'06
Pages	709-710
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1146909.1147089
State	Published - 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - Design Automation Conference
ISSN (Print)	0738-100X

Keywords

Analog CAD tools
Analog design
Analog design methodologies
Mixed-signal design
RF design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Control and Systems Engineering

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Gielen, G., Rutenbar, R., Borkar, S., Brodersen, R., Chern, J. H., Naviasky, E., Saias, D., & Sodini, C. (2006). Tomorrow's analog: Just dead or just different? In 2006 43rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC'06 (pp. 709-710). (Proceedings - Design Automation Conference). https://doi.org/10.1145/1146909.1147089

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