Targeting ASICs and FPGAs

Article Abstract:

An integrated circuit (IC) design must be implemented in silicon following design capture and synthesis. Target technologies for the process include application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) libraries, custom layout and user-programmable devices like field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA). Custom layout is the most flexible, since performance can be improved by independently placing, routing and sizing individual transistors, but it is also the most expensive option. An ASIC library consists of predetermined sets of simple functional cells; mapping an IC design into an ASIC library simplifies design analysis and layout. FPGAs can generally be turned around more quickly, since the underlying structures' mask layers already exist.

Methods, Usage, Circuit design, Technology, Application-specific integrated circuits, Application specific integrated circuits, Gate arrays, Applications, Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

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Birch tree might combat cancer

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The University of Illinois has reported that it is on the edge of coming up with a cancer cure in the form of the bark of a birch tree. Researchers in the university claim that the peeling of this particular tree has a substance which can neutralize the effects of fatal skin cancer or melanoma. Despite this announcement, researchers in the medical field are still skeptical about the success of alleged cancer cures because of past failures in this area.

Care and treatment, Research, Cancer, Cancer treatment, Melanoma, University of Chicago

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Van Duyn, Mona

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Mona Van Duyn ranks as one of the highly acclaimed poets in the US with a Pulitzer Prize in 1991 and poet laureate honors in 1992. Van Duyn's works include "To See, To Take" and "Near Changes." Van Duyn claimed her inspiration for her poems did not come from the tragic moments of her life.

Behavior, Women poets, Van Duyn, Mona

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