Integrated Circuit manufacturing complexities have resulted in decreasing product yields and reliabilities. This process has been accelerated with the advent of very deep sub-micr...
Heat is a main concern for processors in deep sub-micron technologies. The chip temperature is affected by both the power consumption of processor components and the chip layout....
So far, performance and reliability of circuits have been determined by worst-case characterization of silicon and environmental noise. As new deep sub-micron technologies exacerb...