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Cover (left) of the old program (November 18, 2021 version) scheduled for hybrid holding and cover (right) of the program changed to full virtual holding (January 6, 2022 version)

The international conference "ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference)", where the latest technology of semiconductor integrated circuits is shown, is approaching this year (2022). An outline of the event was explained at an online press conference in November last year, and after that, the detailed program became available for download in PDF format on the official website.

Initially, this year's ISSCC 2022 was scheduled for a hybrid event (co-sponsored by real and virtual) from February 20th to 24th. However, the number of infected people increased rapidly due to the mutant strain (Omicron strain) of COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection), which made it difficult for foreigners to participate in the venue, the United States. For this reason, we hurriedly canceled the local event and switched to a full virtual event. As a result, the ISSCC has become a virtual event for the second consecutive year. The holding period was changed from February 19th to 26th.

The ISSCC (often read as "ISSC") is well known in the semiconductor industry as the world's largest international conference on cutting-edge semiconductor circuit technology. At the lecture hall of the conference, the development results of about 200 next-generation semiconductor chips will be presented.

Specifically, processors, memory, wireless communication, wired communication, high frequency, digital signal processing, image sensors, etc. will appear. The number of registered participants reaches about 3,000.

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What is ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference)? Overview of ISSCC ("ISSCC 2022") to be held in February this year (2022)

Papers presented at international conferences are usually decided by the following procedure.

First, a short paper (“submitted paper” or “abstract (abstract)”) summarizing the research results will be sent to the secretariat of the society. In the thesis selection committee of the academic society, multiple selection committee members (experienced researchers) give evaluation points to the submitted papers, and the submitted papers with high evaluation points get the opportunity to give lectures at the academic society. This paper (adopted paper) is included in the collection of papers of the academic society. In some academic societies, the submitted paper is in the same format as this paper, and the submission of this paper is omitted.

The ISSCC is known as the most prestigious international conference on semiconductor circuit technology. The acceptance rate (number of accepted papers / number of submitted papers) is one of the factors that determine the format of international conferences.

Academic societies with an acceptance rate of 50% or less are generally considered to be fairly prestigious. The acceptance rate of the ISSCC has been around 33% in recent years, and the acceptance rate is quite low. The fact that it is adopted means that the research and development results have gained a certain degree of evaluation.

Of course, the format of the academic society is not determined by the acceptance rate alone. Years of effort and ingenuity by generations of stakeholders has maintained its position as the most prestigious academic society in the semiconductor circuit R & D community. The number of submitted papers for the 2022 ISSCC was 651, and the number of accepted papers was 200. The acceptance rate is 30.7%.

Changes in the number of papers submitted and accepted by the ISSCC (2017-2022). Countries and regions where the accepted papers will be presented from the slides presented by the ISSCC Executive Committee at the ISSCC 2022 Overview Briefing in November 2021. Companies, universities, research institutes, etc. in 19 countries / regions will announce their research results. From the slide presented by the ISSCC Executive Committee at the ISSCC 2022 Overview Briefing in November 2021