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Congratulations to Wanda Kay Gass, 2027 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits recipient! 🏆⚡

Honored for pioneering contributions to programmable digital signal processing systems & TMS32010 DSP architecture.

Featured in #SSCS Magazine: AI-Assisted Analog IC Design! 📰⚡

Discover how AI is accelerating topology exploration, parameter optimization & layout through designer-in-the-loop collaboration

By S. Poddar, B. Liu, S. Kim, & D. Z. Pan

👉 Read: https://bit.ly/4jM72I5

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Now On Demand: In-Memory Computing for Scalable Next-Gen AI Systems - Prof. Naveen Verma 🎬📄

Watch the replay & download slides on analog & in-memory computing for AI hardware!

▶ Replay: https://bit.ly/4hzVI0u

#IEEESSCS #AI

Attention, PhD students in solid-state circuits! Applications are open for the IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award! 🎓✨

Win up to $3,500 + ISSCC travel funding! 🏆

🗓 Deadline: Oct 15

Apply now: https://bit.ly/4e2xuKz
#IEEESSCS #ISSCC #PhD

Transforming how circuit design is taught? 🎓

Nominations are open for the IEEE SSCS Innovative Education Award! We honor educators using open-source tools, unique media, labs & STEM outreach.

🏆 Plaque + $5k
Deadline: Oct 15

Nominate: https://bit.ly/45o044t

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Featured in #JSSC: 3-nm FinFET UCIe transceivers for advanced & standard packaging! 📡⚡

• AP (CoWoS): 0.29 pJ/b @ 5.27 Tb/s/mm
• SP (Organic): 0.52 pJ/b @ 0.448 Tb/s/mm

By D. Turker Melek et al.

👉 Read: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11392685

#IEEESSCS #Chiplets

🏅 NOMINATIONS OPEN!

Know someone who has provided exceptional service to our society? Nominate them for the IEEE SSCS Distinguished Service Award! 🏆

🗓 Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
🔗 https://bit.ly/46wNdOv

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IEEE SSCS Awards Season is open! 🏆

Nominate outstanding colleagues & students for society awards including New Frontier, Industry Impact, & Predoctoral Achievement.

⏰ Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
👉 Submit: https://bit.ly/3qZ5XDU

#IEEESSCS #CircuitDesign #EngineeringAwards

Know an early-career innovator in IC design?

Nominate them for the SSCS New Frontier Award! Recognizes pioneering research within 10 years of degree.

🏆 $5,000 prize + plaque
⏰ Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
👉 Submit: https://bit.ly/4ouJAz6

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Join our IEEE JSSC Town Hall Meeting! 🎙️⚡

Discuss journal trajectories, author tips, AI policies & review processes with EiC Boris Murmann.

📅 Oct 5, 2026
⏰ 11 AM EDT
👉 Register: https://bit.ly/4x0h4bJ

#IEEESSCS #JSSC #CircuitDesign

Know an IC leader driving commercial breakthroughs? 🏆

Nominate them for the IEEE SSCS Industry Impact Award! Honors seminal impact in the IC business over the past 10 yrs.

$5,000 prize + plaque
Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
Submit: https://bit.ly/4121eAn

#IEEESSCS #Semiconductors

Join @IEEESSCS for a webinar on ICs for Battery Management Systems with NXP Fellow Thierry Cassagnes! 🔋⚡

Learn about cell-voltage monitoring, current sensing & functional safety in EVs & energy storage.

⏰ 11:00 AM ET
👉 Register: https://bit.ly/3VYDRYq

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NOMINATIONS OPEN!

Created an elegant circuit where a few transistors do a big job? Nominate it for the IEEE Brokaw Award for Circuit Elegance!

$10k cash prize + $5k ISSCC travel grant.

Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
🔗 https://bit.ly/44uRfpI

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Featured in #JSSC: A compact noise-shaping SAR ADC in 28-nm featuring novel kT/C noise shaping! 📡⚡

Achieves 85.8 dB SNDR across 1.25 MHz with 150 fF sampling caps & 0.9 mW power.

By X. Wang, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhong, N. Sun, & L. Jie

👉 Read: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11538414

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Early bird rates for A-SSCC 2026 end this Thursday, Oct 1! 🌏

Join Asia's premier forum for solid-state circuits & microelectronics in Taichung, Taiwan. Reduced rates for IEEE Members & Students!

👉 Register today: https://www.a-sscc2026.org/

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Call for Papers: IEEE OJ-SSCS Special Section on Energy-Efficient I/O Circuits & Optical Interconnects! 📡⚡

Submit work on SerDes, silicon photonics, CPO/NPO, & chiplet interconnects.

⏰ Submission Deadline: Nov 6, 2026
👉 Submit: https://bit.ly/4qP5DBV

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