Keynote Address I:
Jan. 31(Wed), 9:30 - 10:30
"Role of the Semiconductor Industry in the 21st Century = Human Talent Is the Heart of the Information Society ="
	Hajime Sasaki
	Chairman, NEC Corporation, Japan

Over the past 50 years, the industrial seed supporting the Information Society has been the semiconductor. Although the role of the semiconductor will continue in the 21st Century, the ability to enhance design efficiency will become just as important. As the foundation of design is human knowledge, it requires the combined efforts of industry, government and academia thinking from a strategic perspective to incubate the human talent necessary to ensure continued improvements in the semiconductor industry.

Keynote Address II:
Feb. 1(Thu), 9:00 - 10:00
"Market and Technology in PC Products"
	Ming-Jeh Chien
	Chairman, First International Computer, Taiwan

The future will see continued PC growth supported by the internet applications. On one hand, the increasingly - complicated applications and huge database demand high performance CPU, in area such as MPEG-4, Audio/Video etc. This will certainly need leading technology to meet high speed/low power requirement. On the other hand, explosive needs to access information through internet demand user-friendly devices such as internet appliances, PDA etc. Internet appliances are user-application oriented products. The success depends more on the marketing strategy than the leading technology.

Keynote Address III:
Feb. 2(Fri), 9:00 - 10:00
"EDA Must Deliver System-on-Chip Design Solutions"
	Raul Camposano
	Technical Officer, Synopsys, Inc., USA

System-on-Chip (SOC) design presents formidable challenges, with profound ramifications for the design tools needed. These challenges can be classified into three categories: technology, complexity, and system design. This presentation poses EDA solutions to these challenges, gives concrete examples, and argues that complete solutions, rather than point tools, will increasingly and justifiably dominate the EDA field.