1. Solid-State Circuits / Circuit and System Joint Chapter Solid-State Circuits / Circuit and System Joint Chapter IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 28, 2011 San Marcos, TX

2. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Leadership Team l Chair: Zhuo Li (IBM, zhuoli@ieee.org)@ieee.org l Vice Chair: Nan Sun (UT Austin, nansun@mail.utexas.edu) l Secretary: Mikel Ash (TI, mikel.ash@ti.com) l Advisor l Matt Felder (matt_felder@yahoo.com)matt_felder@yahoo.com l Haoxing Ren (IBM, renhaoxing@ieee.org)renhaoxing@ieee.org

3. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Updates l Meeting location: UT Campus ENS 306 or ACES 2.402 l Four technical seminars since August Section Meeting. New officers were elected at 12/13/2011. l 2011 Summary l Nine technical meetings, three administrative meetings. l One workshop (36 attendees) l IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 2011 Regions 1-7 Chapter of the Year Award ($750 prize) l Will receive IEEE Solid State Circuits 2011 Outstanding Chapter Award at ISSCC on Feb 20.

4. IEEE Central Texas Section 2011 Chapter Meetings (after August) DateTechnical/Ad min TopicSpeakerL31 09/14/11TechnicalEnabling Millimeter-Scale ComputingProf. Dennis Sylvester (U. Michigan) Yes (20 pl) 11/02/11TechnicalHandheld CMOS NMR BiosensorProf. Nan Sun (UT Austin) Yes (8 pl) 12/13/11TechnicalImpact of Local Interconnect on Timing and Power in a High Performance Microprocessor Dr. Rupesh S. Shelar (Intel). Yes (22 pl) 11/21/11AdminFall PlanYes 12/30/11AdminAppreciation Lunch for previous and current officers 01/17/12TechnicalIntegrated Systems for a Smarter PlanetDr. Peter Hoftsee (IBM) Yes (15 pl)

5. IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Strengths l Good technical talks, DL program. l Stable attendance rate. l So far one workshop per year in last two years. l Good leadership pipeline. l Weaknesses l Find more good technical talks and workshop topics. l Increase attendance rate.

6. IEEE Central Texas Section SWOT Analysis l Opportunities l Local chip design and EDA companies l University of Texas, Austin l Threats l Seminars inside companies and Universities l A less interesting workshop may get cancelled or need more funding.

7. IEEE Central Texas Section Chapter Plans / Issues l Continue ISSCC annual review l Organize a designer forum for 2012 l Cosponsor event/seminars with potential new CEDA chapter l Invite Distinguished Lecture Program speakers

8. IEEE Central Texas Section QUESTIONS??? Thanks