Message from the general and program chairs

This proceedings contains the papers presented at the IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, held on August 5^th to 7^th, 2013 in Natal, Brazil, hosted by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte at Natal. The Symposium covers a range of topics: from VLSI circuits, systems and design methods to system level design and system-on-chip issues, to bringing VLSI experience to new areas and technologies like nano and molecular devices, MEMS, and quantum computing. Future design methodologies is also one of the key topics at the workshop, as well as new CAD tools to support them. Over three decades the symposium has been a unique forum promoting multidisciplinary research and new visionary approaches in the area of VLSI. The Symposium is bringing together leading scientists and researchers from academia and industry. The IEEE Computer Society Press publishes the symposium proceedings.