In the past, logic diagnosis was primarily used to support failure analysis labs. It was typically done on a small sample of defective chips, therefore long processing times, manual generation of diagnostic patterns, and usage of expensive equipment was acceptable. In addition to failure analysis, yield learning relied on test chips and in line inspection. Recently, sub-wavelength lithography p...

&ONE OF THE wonders of the MeadConway revolution was in providing a clean break between the design process and manufacturing. Circuits could neatly be represented by stick diagrams, and the separation requirements between features on a die could be captured by a set of design rules. In nanoscale CMOS technologies, this division between design and manufacturing is no longer as simple. In the mod...

We examine how changes in yield variability affect the welfare of cereal grain and oilseed buyers and producers around the world. We simulate trade patterns and welfare for 21 countries with a Ricardian trade model that incorporates bilateral trade costs and crop yield distributions. The model shows that world trade volumes would need to increase substantially if crop yield variability were to ...

Spatial variability of yield is very important in precision farming. With a yield monitor system installed on combine harvester, the yield data can be collected automatically while harvesting. In this paper, the component and the working theory of the yield monitor system were introduced. Performance of main sensors and the method improving GPS position accuracy were analyzed. Based on the anal...

The most essential component of precision farming is the yield monitor, a sensor or group of sensors installed on harvesting equipment that dynamically measure spatial yield variability. Yield maps, which are produced using data from yield monitors, are extremely useful in providing the farmer a color-coded visual image clearly showing the variability of yield across a field. University of Geor...

When the Wisconsin dairy sheep industry got started in the mid 1990s, cheesemakers had to get accustomed to a whole new source of milk. All were familiar with cow milk and some were familiar with goat milk. However, sheep milk was much more concentrated with about twice as much fat and 40% more protein that cow or goat milk. They also found that sheep milk responded differently in the cheese ma...

Hourly milk yields were obtained for nine consecutive hours at d 14 of lactation from 92 crossbred (four breed) sows during their first and second lactations. Additionally, milk yields were obtained at d 14 and 20 of lactation from 175 mature Yorkshire X Landrace sows for nine consecutive hours. Each measurement (4,806 observations) was obtained by weighing the pigs before and after each hourly...