Rob Aitken

Lecturer

ARM
Fellow, R&D
150 Rose Orchard Way
San Jose, CA, 95134
USA


Robert C. Aitken is an R&D Fellow at ARM. His areas of responsibility include low power design, library architecture for advanced process nodes, and design for manufacturability. His research interests include design for variability, defect analysis, and fault diagnosis. He heads the San Jose branch of ARM's R&D operation which has taped out a number of chips, including 6 at or below the 32nm node. He has published over 70 technical papers, on topics ranging from the statistics of memory bit cell variability to the use of static current monitoring as a circuit testing and diagnostic mechanism (papers on the latter topic twice received the best paper award from the International Test Conference). Dr. Aitken joined ARM as part of its acquisition of Artisan Components in 2004. Prior to Artisan, he worked at Agilent and HP. He has given tutorials and short courses on several subjects at conferences and universities worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. degree from McGill University in Canada. Dr. Aitken is a senior member of the IEEE, and serves on a number of conference and workshop committees.