Here are some impressions from speeches held during previous conferences,
and a list of all distinguished speakers from 1990-2000:

John E. Kelly, III, Senior Vice President & Group Executive, Technology Group, IBM Corp.,receives the ASIC/SOC Clock from the Conference Chair after delivering his keynote at ASIC/SOC 2000 Wilfred Corrigan, Chairman and CEO, LSI Logic Corp., during his keynote address at ASIC/SOC´99 James Meindl, Director, Microelectronics Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology (left), and Wilfred Corrigan, Chairman and CEO, LSI Logic Corp. are discussing the future of System-on-Chip design with an ASIC/SOC´99 attendee. (above and left) Raul Camposano, Chief Technical Officer, Senior Vice President & General Manager Design Tools, Sysopsys Inc. held the keynote speech at ASIC´98 (left) James F. Bell III, Cornell University Dept. of Astronomy, gave insights into NASA´s Mars program at the ASIC´98 Banquet Dinner

List of Distinguished Speakers 1990-2000:

2000 - “System-on-Chip in the Internet Age” - Arlington, VA Keynote: John E. Kelly, III Senior Vice President & Group Executive, Technology Group, IBM Corp.     "Communications System-on-a-chip - Opportunity and Challenges" Plenary: Wolfgang Roethig NEC Electronics     "Design for Signal Integrity on SoC" Luncheon: James Urquhart Chief Operating Officer and Director, ARM Holdings plc.

1999 - “The Road to System-on-Chip (SOC)” - Arlington, VA Keynote: Wilfred J. Corrigan Chairman and CEO, LSI Logic Corporation     "System-on-a-chip in the Internet Economy" Plenary: James D. Meindl Director, Microelectronics Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology     "Opportunities and Persistent Limits on a GSI System-on-a-Chip" Plenary: Yervant Zorian Chief Technology Advisor, LogicVision, Inc.     "System-on-Chip Test Strategies" Plenary: Kensall D. Wise Director, Center for Integrated Microsystems, University of Michigan     “INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEMS:  Merging MEMS, Micropower Electronics, and Wireless Communications” Banquet: Leon Chua Director of Nonlinear Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley     "Nanostructures and Cellular Neural Networks" Luncheon: Juri Matisoo and Ram Krishnamurthy Vice President of Technology, Silicon Industry Association Intel Corp.     "SIA’s International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors"

1998 - “ULSI - Making it Real” - Rochester, NY Keynote: Raul Camposano Chief Technical Officer, Senior Vice President & General Manager Design Tools, Sysopsys Inc.     "Design Technology for System on a Chip" Banquet: James F. Bell III Cornell University Dept. of Astronomy     "NASA Mars Rovers and Orbiters: Imaging the Geologic History of the Red Planet" Luncheon: Vic Kulkarni Head of Library Business Unit, Avant! Corporation     "Silicon Intellectual Property: The Passport to System-on-a-Chip"

1997 - “Portable Solutions” - Portland, OR Keynote: Eli Harari President & CEO, SanDisk Corporation     "Flash Memory-the Universal Digital Storage Medium for the Coming Age of Consumer Electronics" Banquet: John Tanner President & CEO, Tanner Research Inc.     "The Future of EDA: An Alternative View" Luncheon: Levy Gerzberg President & CEO, Zoran Corp.     "Entrepreneurship in the U.S."

1996 - “VLSI Systems Solutions” - Rochester, NY Keynote: Walter Davis Senior Vice President and Director of Strategic Semiconductor Operations for the Messaging Systems Products Group, Motorola, Inc     "The Role of VLSI in Wireless Communication" Banquet: Irwin Federman Senior Partner, US Venture Partners     “Venture Capital Perspectives on the Information Technology Revolution” Luncheon: Charles (Bob) Hewes Texas Instruments     “The Convergence of DSP and ASIC”

1995 - “Implementing the Information Superhighway with Emerging Technologies” - Austin, TX Keynote: Peng H. Ang Vice President and General Manager Consumer Products Division, LSI Logic Corporation     “ASIC Technology: The Driving force behind the Information Superhighway” Banquet: Brad Cox George Mason University     "Taming the Electronic Frontier" Luncheon: David M. Williams Director of Home Media Lab, Intel     “The Soul of a New Medium - Musings on the Information Superhighway”

1994 - Rochester, NY Keynote: Ron Smith General Manager PCI Components Division, Intel Corporation     “Performance Issues for PCs in the Consumer Market” Banquet: Robert A. Pease National Semiconductor     "What's All This Feedback Stuff?" Luncheon: Arpad G. Toth Imaging Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak     “Image Enabled Multimedia Communications”

1993 - Rochester, NY Keynote: Aart J. de Geus President, Synopsys, Inc.     “One Million Gate ASIC? Not with Present EDA Tools and Methodology!” Banquet: V. Michael Bove, Jr. MIT Media Laboratory     "Hardware and Software Implications of Representing Scenes as Data" Luncheon: Richard S. Wolff Director, Personal Communications Applications Research, Bellcore     “Personal Communications Applications: New Opportunities and Challenges for ASIC Designers”

1992 - Rochester, NY Keynote: Hal Alles Chief Architect, Mentor Graphics Corp.     “ICs and ASICs at Thirty-Something” Keynote: S. Samuel Liu President, Silicon Integrated Systems Corp., Taiwan R.O.C.     ”ASICs in the 90's -- an Asia Pacific Perspective” Banquet: Bruce R. Bourbon President and CEO, Vertex Semiconductor Corp, a Toshiba Subsidiary     "The Design Gap" Luncheon: Michael J. Barry CD Imaging Development, Eastman Kodak Company     “The Photo CD Imaging System”

1991 - Rochester, NY Keynote: Frederick T. Tucker Senior Vice President, General Manager Automotive and Industrial Group, Motorola Inc.     “ASICs in the Automotive Industry” Keynote: Tommy Ng General Manager of ICCAD Advanced Design Automation, Mentor Graphics Corp.     ”Design Methodology in High Complexity ASIC Design” Keynote: Douglas B. Boyle Director, Hardware Engineering, Sun Microsystems Engineering     “CAD Requirements for High-Volume, High Performance, Low Cost Designs” Banquet: David G. Richardson Vice President, Integrated Components, Northern Telecom Electronics, Ontario, Canada     "ASICs and High Performance Telecommunication Systems" Luncheon: Bruce McWilliams Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, nCHIP, Inc.     “Multichip Modules Today and Tomorrow”

1990 - Rochester, NY Keynote: Rajinder Khosla Director, Microelectronics Technology Division Research Labs, Eastman Kodak     “System Integration using ASICs in the 90's” Keynote: Robert Walker Vice President, Technical Marketing, LSI Logic Corp.     “ASIC Tests in the Nineties” Keynote: James A. Rowson Fellow, VLSI Technology Inc.     “1990's ASIC CAD: Getting the System Right” Keynote: Robert B. Johnson Vice President, ASIC Division, National Semiconductor Corp.     Single Vendor Solution Banquet: Charles P. Holt Vice President, Systems Reprographic Development Unit, Xerox Corp.     "The Document Processing Explosion of the 90s" Luncheon: Walter Kleinfelder Senior Research Manager, IBM Watson Research Center     “Research Parallel Processor Prototype”