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I find semiconductor engineering conferences particularly fun: there's IEDM for silicon devices, ISSCC for circuits, and VLSI that kind-of combines both. It's a chance for companies and academics to show off their latest research to a field of like-minded people. That includes Apple, who attend en mass every year, but never se…