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T his year’s technical program features 83 new and exciting presenta-
tions as well as additional poster presentations, a panel discussion,
and four user groups. Technical symposia, seminars, short courses, and
the largest equipment exposition in the industry make ISTFA the best
place to learn, network, and further careers. Visit
for up-to-date information, technical program-
ming, exposition details, and registration.
Keynote Session
The Speak & Spell:
The Birth of the Digital Signal Processor
Gene Frantz, Rice University
Gene Frantz is a professor at Rice University and also one of the original team
members who developed the Speak & Spell toy in the mid-1970s. The toy was de-
signed to be a simple educational product to help students learn to spell, but it had
one problem standing in its way: It was impossible to create given the technology of
the time. This talk will take us from the toy’s difficult beginning to its successful con-
clusion. As usual, the effort was under-scoped—there were far more issues than the
toy simply being impossible to develop.
Frantz became a professor after 39 years at Texas Instruments (TI) where he re-
tired as principal fellow. For the last 30 years, he has applied his passion for finding
new opportunities and creating new businesses using TI’s digital signal processing
(DSP) technology, and took a leadership role in starting businesses within the corpo-
rate structure.
Frantz is a Fellow of the IEEE, holds 48 patents in the areas of memories, speech,
consumer products, and DSP, and has written more than 100 papers and articles. He
is recognized as an industry expert and has been widely quoted in the media due to
his tremendous knowledge and visionary view of DSP solutions.
40th International Symposium for Testing and
Exploring the Many Facets of Failure Analysis
Education Short Courses
Technical Program At-a-Glance
Sunday, November 9
8:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Package and Physical Analysis Challenges
Session chairs: Jake E. Klein and Robert Champaign
8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Electrical and Yield
Session chairs: Jenny Ma and Mayue Xie
8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Fault Isolation
Session chairs: Susan Li and Gregory M. Johnson
1:15 – 6:30 p.m.
Microscopy
Session chairs: Carl Nail and Rose Ring
2:15 – 4:15 p.m.
Technology Specific FA
Session chairs: Jeremy A. Walraven and Chris Richardson
Monday, November 10
10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Emerging Concepts and Techniques
Session chairs: Michael Bruce and Huimeng Wu
11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Novel Research-Level Techniques and Concepts
Session chairs: Michael Bruce and Huimeng Wu
1:00 – 1:25 p.m.
Detecting Counterfeit Devices
Session chair: Zhigang Song
1:00 – 2:40 p.m.
3D Packages I
Session chairs: Frank Altmann and Yan Li
1:25 – 2:40 p.m.
Photon-Based Techniques I
Session chairs: Frank Zachariasse and Herve Deslandes
2:50 – 4:05 p.m.
Packaging and Assembly Analysis I
Session chair: Lihong Cao
Photon-based Techniques II
Session chairs: Frank Zachariasse and Herve Deslandes
4:05 – 6:00 p.m.
Contactless User Group
Tuesday, November 11
8:00 – 9:40 a.m.
3D Packages II
Session chairs: Frank Altmann and Yan Li
Microscopy I
Session chair: Carl Nail
9:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Electrical Characterization and Nanoprobing
Session chairs: Stefan B. Kaemmer and Izak Kapilevich
Packaging and Assembly Analysis II
Session chair: Lihong Cao
12:20 – 2:20 p.m.
Nanoprobing User Group
2:35 – 3:50 p.m.
Packaging and Assembly Analysis III
Session chair: Lihong Cao
2:35 – 4:40 p.m.
Case Studies and the Failure Analysis Process I
Session chairs: Zhigang Song and Peter Jacob
AS6171 Counterfeit
Electronics Detection
Test Techniques and
Implementation
Saturday, November 8
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Bhanu Sood
Fault Isolation
Saturday, November 8
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: David Vallett
Packaging FA
Saturday, November 8
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Becky Holdford
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Downtown skyline and Buffalo Bayou, which
stretches 52 miles through Houston, from the
mouth of the Houston Ship Channel to the
forests of Memorial Park. Courtesy of Greater
Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.