We participated in International Society ISSCC 2006 and visited companies in Silicon Valley.

Professor Yoshimoto and three doctoral students (Kawakami, Miyakoshi, Morita) participated in ISSCC 2006 (IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2006) held in San Francisco, USA and visited three companies in Silicon Valley Did. The number of participants of the ISSCC this year, also known as the semiconductor Olympic Games, was estimated at 3,500, showing the highest bustle of the past. The above picture was taken in the Ball room where the last day’s author interviews were held.

ISSCC 2006 The day after closing, I visited three companies nVIDIA, Sun Microsystems, Sunext in Silicon Valley near the San Francisco Marriott hotel which was the venue for ISSCC. The picture below is taken with Robert of Sun Microsystems.