The joint proceedings of the VLSI Design 2009 conference and the 8th International Conference of Embedded Systems are covered in this volume, charting the growth and expansion in both technological disciplines within India. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the VLSI Society of India, this collection of research articles includes such session topics as low power designs for wireless communications, SoC verification, analog and mixed signals, advanced design modeling, system synthesis and test generation. Engineers and researchers will also appreciate the tutorials on negative feedback systems and circuit designs, power management for mobile multimedia and the security of embedded systems. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)