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We designed a compact, high-speed, and low-power bank-type 12-port register file test chip for highly-parallel processors in 0.35μm CMOS technology. In this full-custom test chip design, 72% smaller area, 25% shorter access cycle time, and 62% lower power consumption are achieved in comparison to the conventional 12-port-cell-based register file.

The possibility of using window comparators for onchip (and potentially on-line) response evaluation of analogue circuits is investigated. No additional analogue test inputs are required and the additional circuitry can be realised either by means of standard digital gates taken from an available library or by full custom designed gates to obtain an observation window tailored to the applicatio...

This paper summarizes the content and application of the SEED2002 project. SEED2002 is a university/industry collaboration to enhance and reform the education in the field of semi-custom/full-custom ASIC design at the universities of Mannheim, Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern, Germany. With this project Cadence Design Systems enables us to teach leading-edge ASIC design using their most innovative...

1 Structural Engineering Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil 2 Institute of Modeling and Computation, Hamburg University of Technology, 21073 Hamburg, Germany 3 Department of Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 03 Bratislava, Slovakia 4 CICC—Research Center in Construction Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, 303...

In this study the effects on resistance to corrosion of a low alloy steel after plasma nitriding has been reported. Nitriding was performed at temperature 450 °C and also 520 for same duration 10 h in nitrogen hydrogen (80:20) gas mixture. Sample holder biased −250 V working pressure kept around 500 Pa. After samples along with bare were exposed X-ray diffraction (XRD) understand phase formatio...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of quenching and tempering temperatures on the microstructure, mechanical properties and the wear characteristics of medium carbon-high chromium wear resistant steel. In addition, the dominant wear mechanisms were studied. For this purpose, austenitizing and tempering temperatures were selected in the ranges of 900- 1000 °C and 300- 500...

In this study, the changes in microstructure and mechanical properties during isothermal heat treatment of cast steel before after hot deformation were investigated using medium-carbon with low alloy content. The microstructural characteristics hot-rolled under heat-treatment conditions examined optical microscopy scanning electron conjunction backscatter diffraction. variation was evaluated Ro...