Retrospective of ESSCIRC 2001

The European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2001) was held 18–20 September in Villach, Austria, a hotbed for microelectronic activities. The conference was a success, with 362 registered participants from 22 countries. Unfortunately, 30 registrants cancelled in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. The conference was a first-class international forum for circuit designers to discuss practical aspects of integrated-circuit design. The technical program included 8 invited papers, 98 regular papers, and 31 posters, which were selected out of 196 submitted contributions from all over the world.