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Inventions have long-since reached

their limit, and I see no hope for furtherdevelopment.

- Sextus Julius Frontinus, 98AD

Distinguished Roman Aristocrat

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There is little left in the heavens to

discover.- Simon Newcomb, 1888

Canadian-American Astronomer

and Mathematician

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The most important fundamental laws

and facts of physical science have allbeen discovered

- Albert Michelson, 1894

American Physicist

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The Americans may have

need of the telephone, but wedo not. We have plenty of

messenger boys.

Sir William Preece, 1876Chief engineer of the British Post Office

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LocalVoting

Copy 1

Copy 2

Distance avoids bothcopies being affected bya single event

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GateRocket (RocketDrive, RocketVision)

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Synopsys/Synplicity (TotalRecall)

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Linting

Find syntax ,logic and

synthesis errors

Fast Integration

of IP

Drive Coding

Guidelines

Clock Domain

Crossings Detect and

validate clock

domains

Detect data

reconvergence

Detectmetastability

Design Constraint

Files (SDC) Create SDC

automatically

Guide synthesis

with accurate

false and multi-

cycle paths

Blue Pearl Software

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Human Elements (next 5)

Source: H. A. Harper, V. W. Rodwell, P. A. Mayes, Review of Physiological Chemistry,

16th ed., Lange Medical Publications, Los Altos, California 1977.

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Human Elements (traces)

Source: H. A. Harper, V. W. Rodwell, P. A. Mayes, Review of Physiological Chemistry,

16th ed., Lange Medical Publications, Los Altos, California 1977.

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Human Elements (minimal traces)

Source: H. A. Harper, V. W. Rodwell, P. A. Mayes, Review of Physiological Chemistry,

16th ed., Lange Medical Publications, Los Altos, California 1977.

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IC Elements (before the 1990s)

Source: "Research Directions for Nano-Scale Science and Technology",

Tze-Chiang (T.C.) Chen, IBM Fellow, VP Science & Technology, Research Division

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IC Elements (since the 1990s)

Source: "Research Directions for Nano-Scale Science and Technology",

Tze-Chiang (T.C.) Chen, IBM Fellow, VP Science & Technology, Research Division

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IC Elements (after 2006)

Source: "Research Directions for Nano-Scale Science and Technology",

Tze-Chiang (T.C.) Chen, IBM Fellow, VP Science & Technology, Research Division

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Everything that can be invented has

been invented.- Charles H. Duell, 1899

Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents

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If its green or wriggles, its biology.

If it stinks, its chemistry.

If it doesnt work, its physics.

If its useful, its engineering.- Anonymous

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