Building Relationships with Funding Agencies: An SRC Perspective

1. Building Relationships with Funding Agencies: An SRC Perspective William H. Joyner, Jr. Director Computer-Aided Design and Test Semiconductor Research Corporation Young Faculty Workshop Design Automation Conference San Francisco, California July 27, 2009

2. Semiconductor Research Corporation A Family of Distinct, Related Program Entities TRC(s) Global Research Collaboration Ensuring vitality of current industry Focus Center Research Program Breaking down barriers to extend CMOS to its limits Nanoelectronics Research Initiative Beyond CMOS –identifying next information element Attracting and educating the next generation of innovators and technology leaders Topical Research Collaborations Topic(s) chosen by participants NINE TERC

3. The Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Global Research Collaboration • SRC-GRC is a not-for-profit consortium of member companies and agencies supporting 540 research tasks at 120 universities worldwide, with 550 faculty investigators, 600 graduate students (including 35 on SRC fellowships/ scholarships), mentored by 600 employees from member companies. • SRC’s employees and industry assignees work with a Board of Directors and technical advisory boards composed of members from participating companies.

4. SRC-GRC Members and Partners

5. Currently 122 Universities

6. SRC-GRC Research Activity Sweden Finland Scotland Germany Russia UK Poland Canada Netherlands Austria USA Spain China Qatar Italy Japan Switzerland India Israel Taiwan Colombia Singapore Brazil Australia

7. 2009 University Research Program • Computer-Aided Design and Test Sciences (CADTS) • Logic and Physical Design • Test and Testability • Verification • Integrated Circuit and System Sciences (ICSS) • Circuit Design • Integrated Systems Design • Device Sciences (DS) • Digital CMOS • Memory Technologies • Modeling and Simulation • Compact Modeling • Analog/Mixed-Signal Devices • Nanomanufacturing Sciences (NMS) • Patterning • Factory Systems • ESH • Interconnect and Packaging Sciences (IPS) • Packaging • Back-End Processes • Cross-disciplinary Semiconductor Research (CSR) • Exploratory grants

8. GRC Funding History

9. Typical SRC-GRC Research Task • 1-2 investigators • $50 – $150K annual funding • Normal three-year duration • Annual reviews and “deliverables” • Industry “liaisons” • Annual TECHCON student conference • Student opportunities at member companies • Networking with industry researchers, other faculty and students • Exposure to industry challenges

10. Proposals to Industry Funding Agencies • What is industry looking for? • How are proposals evaluated? • What helps and what doesn’t? • Working with industry

11. What Is SRC Looking For? Recent topics in CADTS solicitations • Logic and physical design, including interface to manufacturing, deep submicron effects, digital and analog synthesis • System-level design, including 3D, hardware/software co-design, SoC/SiP high-level design, power reduction • Verification, including formal and dynamic methods, coverage, system level, analog, post-silicon validation, software • Test, including test in the presence of variability statistical defect screening, analog test, system-level test, test for 3D • Design, verification, and test tools for multi-core, and tool acceleration using multi-core platforms

12. What Is SRC Looking For?Making a proposal attractive • 3-5 year out, pre-competitive research • Connections with industrial contacts • New tools, techniques, methods (better) • Comparison with what exists now • Method for transferring university work into industry • Students to work in summers and permanently • Work meeting industry needs • Cost effectiveness

13. How are Proposals Evaluated?Member-Driven Selection Process Member company collaboration Core tasks Research, Monitor, Review Research Needs White Paper Contract Proposal Custom tasks Individual member companies identify projects, PIs, and proposals Solicitations are on www.src.orgunder “Funding Opportunities”

14. White Papers “Please use fonts of 10-point size or larger” “Proposals should be for no more than $xxxK annually”

15. White Papers

16. Proposals and “BIP” Are you aware of any blocking background intellectual property needed to practice the expected results of the research that will not be made available royalty-free to SRC Members? ___No ___Yes Please explain ___________________________ _______________________________________

17. Industrial Contacts Faculty Member SRC ? Faculty Member’s Industry Colleague Industry’s SRC TAB Member

18. Ten Questions We’d Rather Not Hear 10. “I know it’s due today at 3 pm, but I’m in Pacific time?” 9. “Instead of one $100K contract, can we have ten $10K contracts? We avoid double overhead that way!” 8. “Does the five page limit include references? Can I use a 7-point font?” 7. “What’s the maximum number of proposals I can submit? 6. “What’s the maximum $ project I can propose?”

19. 5. “I know this is a design solicitation, but aren’t you interested in Cu and low-K materials?” 4. “Lisa, I sent my proposal 1ns ago – why haven’t I received an acknowledgement?” 3. “There is a flaw in your mechanism for selecting projects – because I know mine was best!” 2. “Who are your TAB members? I’m sure they’d appreciate me sending them some supplementary material.” 1. “By a one page limit, do you mean it must actually fit on one page?”

20. Thank You!