Toward robust integrated circuits: The embryonics approach

Towards Robust Integrated Circuits: The Embryonics Approach

Toward integrated plasmonic circuits

VOLUME 37 • AUGUST 2012 • www.mrs.org/bulletin © 2012 Materials Research Society Plasmonics: Converting photons into the nanoscale Recently, photonic technologies have become universal in global data communications. 1 The unprecedented data bandwidths, ever falling power consumption requirements, and reduced cost margins of on-chip photonics 2,3 have established a photonic roadmap for scaling d...

Toward Self-Repairing and Self-Replicating Hardware: The Embryonics Approach

The growth and operation of all living beings are directed by the interpretation, in each of their cells, of a chemical program, the DNA string or genome. This process is the source of inspiration for the Embryonics (embryonic electronics) project, whose final objective is the design of highly robust integrated circuits, endowed with properties usually associated with the living world: self-rep...

Steps Toward Automated Deprocessing of Integrated Circuits

Deprocessing of ICs historically employs a variety of mechanical and chemical process tools in combination with one or more imaging modalities to reconstruct the IC architecture. In this work, we explore the development of an extensible programmatic workflow which can take advantage of evolving technologies in 2D/3D imaging, distributed instrument control, image processing, as well as automated...

Integrated planning for blood platelet production: a robust optimization approach

Perishability of blood products as well as uncertainty in demand amounts complicate the management of blood supply for blood centers. This paper addresses a mixed-integer linear programming model for blood platelets production planning while integrating the processes of blood collection as well as production/testing, inventory control and distribution. Whole blood-derived production methods for...