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Although sometimes referred to as the Ozark Mountains, the region is a high and deeply dissected plateau. Geologically, the area is a broad dome around the Saint Francois Mountains. The Ozark Highlands area, the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and the Black Hills of South Dakota are the only major highland regions in the U.S. between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. The Ozarks and Ouachitas are sometimes referred to collectively. For example, the ecoregion called Ozark Mountain Forests includes the Ouachita Mountains, although the Arkansas River valley and the Ouachitas, both south of the Boston Mountains, are not usually considered part of the Ozarks.
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Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in Siloam Springs
Mar 31, 2015 6:00 am
SILOAM SPRINGS -- The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 11 at John Brown University's Berry Performing Arts Center.
Historic Garland County bridge listed for demolition
Mar 31, 2015 6:00 am
HOT SPRINGS -- A bridge that has spanned a south Garland County creek for nearly a century has landed on a state list for demolition.
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Northwest Arkansas Community College wins grant for security
Mar 31, 2015 6:00 am
BENTONVILLE -- Northwest Arkansas Community College will receive $50,000 to enhance campus security as one of six winners in a competition that was open to all U.S. higher education institutions.
Full-scale search concludes for body in Beaver Lake
Mar 31, 2015 6:00 am
BENTONVILLE -- The full-scale search for a woman's body in Beaver Lake came to an unsuccessful end Monday.
Women honored at Washington County banquet
Mar 31, 2015 6:00 am
FAYETTEVILLE -- Four local women were honored Monday evening for their contributions to Washington County.
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Mar 31, 2015 6:00 am
LITTLE ROCK -- In a 34-0 vote, the Arkansas Senate approved a bill Monday that would increase base teacher pay in Arkansas.
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My original plan for this month's column was to discuss my transition into "retired life" and the phases I went through on the path to ultimately accepting that decision. It was something parallel to the five stages of grief, starting with a denial and isolation then ending with acceptance.
You could say I have a little history in this neck of the woods.
The lockout is over, but the effects of a disgusting and greedy battle between overpaid athletes and their employers has painted a grotesque image onto the canvas of professional sports.
There's nothing quite like a vacation.
As I write this I'm sitting in a borrowed apartment that was set up for our arrival by my friend Dulcey. I can hear bananaquits (or Sugarbirds) and frogs that sound similar to very loud crickets, a rogue rooster crowed at the break of dawn, and the ocean is a short walk away from our back door.
With all respect to my colleague, Teresa, this month's column could be easily titled "Daddy Musings."
As I write this, it's 100 degrees outside and the air conditioning has gone out at The Oakdale Leader office. Fortunately for me, I chose the first day of this calamity to telecommute. However, for some of my coworkers, having to be in the office all day with only ceiling fans and some box fans to circulate hot air makes the hair and the clothes tend to cling where they're not wanted.
Ah, the wonder of the Internet and the remembrance of things past.
Rafting is all the rage at this time of year and seeing the enthusiasts buck through the white water rapids or float lazily down the calmer stretches of the Stanislaus River, I'm reminded of my personal experiences of going down a river.
On the cusp of another holiday - bracing for the fireworks of July 4 - my mind goes back just a few weeks to the last official holiday, Memorial Day.
It hardly seems possible that time has flown so quickly but I'm staring at the dates circled on my calendar for New York thinking, there's no way it's already down to the nitty gritty and I don't have a dress yet.
After the last few days of this gorgeous weather, I believe I can now safely say that spring has sprung … just in time for the summer solstice.
Something about the signs of our long awaited summer brings back amazing memories of my childhood and the neighborhood we lived in.
Two of my closest friends have each been weathering multiple storms and going through major life changes. It seems that the hits have kept on coming for them. These two are my good-time pals, I have some of my most fun memories with them. Now, however, I no longer live nearby and struggle with my feelings that I can't physically be there for either of them during these hard times.
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So it is that exciting time of year when baseball is in the air, basketball (March Madness, specifically) is just about in the rearview mirror and, for those with teams still in it, the Stanley Cup playoffs loom just around the corner.
With so many quality police shows, dramas, premium channel series, and sports to watch on TV, one of my guilty pleasures of television watching these days is a couple of reality TV shows where I just get to disengage my thinking brain and get to become more of a sarcastic, judging, critical SOB than I already am.
A few weeks ago Disneyland appeared to be Ground Zero for a measles outbreak that led to 17 identified cases in the US. Since then, at last count, there are now over 120 confirmed cases of measles in the country, possibly due to "satellite" outbreaks as those persons returned home from "The Happiest Place on Earth."
Due to the Monday President's Day Holiday, The Oakdale City Council will hold its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
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Switzerland is still far from being a traditional hockey country, with soccer still the number one sport in that little landlocked country. However, the conditions for playing hockey over there are just perfect. Not only does the majority of Switzerland lie in an alpine environment, but its perfectly driven economics with loads of world-reknowned banks insure that everyone is wealthy and happy. At least, that's what Switzerland looks like from the outside.
Canadian players head list of top Ivan Hlinka performers
The annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, considered by some to be the most prestigeous international hockey competition of players under eighteen years of age, was held last week in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and Piešťany, Slovakia. And as is usually the case in the world of hockey, some results and statistics were simply surprising.
2012 Draft: Top 10 Draft eligible prospects from Switzerland
Though some have called Switzerland a rising hockey power over the past few years, that ascension seems to have halted. Of course Switzerland had two Top-15 Picks over the last two years in the NHL Entry Draft, but both Nino Niederreiter (NYI) and Sven Baertschi (CAL) left Switzerland at the age of 17 and made the biggest progress in their development in North America.
U-18: Swiss looking to improve on last year's WJC
After failing to earn a spot in the quarterfinals in last year's Under-18 World Junior Championship following a heartbreaking loss to Germany, Team Switzerland is looking for rehabilitation with a new coaching staff and four returning players from the 2011 tournament.
Video: 2012 World Junior Championship – Sven Baertschi, Switzerland
Hockey fans in Calgary were no doubt excited to have the chance to view the hometown Flames' top prospect, Sven Baertschi, who was a part of Switzerland's 2012 World Juniors squad. But Baertschi suffered an injury early in Switzerland's second game of the tournament and, as a result of that injury, missed the rest of the tournament.
Baertschi talked about the disappointment of missing most of the tournament following Switzerland's final game, a 2-1 loss to the USA.
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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Never seen a Ghibli film before playing this game, then saw 7 of them in 2 days.
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And I loved every single one so far. If anyone here loved this game and still hasn't seen those movies, you really have to check them out, they are on par or even surpass the Disney classics and are definitely some of the best films I've ever seen.
I bought the game after hearing about the reviews and watching some gameplay on youtube and I've rarely been this satisfied with paying full price for a game. I'll admit it had a few not-so-great moments and the ending wasn't too spectacular, but I had tons of fun playing it and I haven't been so drawn into a story since FFX or Lost Odyssey.
Being sick and snowed-in the past few days, I went on a Studio Ghibli movie marathon and I have to say these movies are renewing my lost interest in anime. So far I've watched:
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
My Neighbor Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
With Nausicaa and Howl's Moving Castle being my favorites so far.
I was never much of a true anime buff, but I think I might have to get into it more now...
The only anime shows I've liked so far are:
Pokemon (season 1 and 2)
Full Metal Alchemist (+ one of the movies)
Ghost in the Shell (both seasons and all movies)
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Fooly Cooly (FLCL)
I prefer English dubbed stuff, as long as it's done pretty well. I've seen but am not really a fan of Naruto, Inuyasha, Bleach, One Piece, or Death Note. (I feel like I have to put this there to avoid some flaming: Seriously, no offence to those who enjoy those shows and prefer the subbed versions of shows.)
I plan to watch a few more Ghibli films (so far only watching ones written by Miyazaki).
If you have any anime recommendations, please post them and I'll try to check them out.
Outlaw Star, Akira, Samurai 7, Fullmetal Alchemist, Trigun, Castle in the Sky (another Ghibli film), Gurren Lagann, Whisper of the Heart (another Ghibli movie), The Big O, The Big O II and Ghost in the Shell
All great shows and movies worth checking out
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Thanks! I was already downloading Whisper of the Heart. (lol) A few of those I've seen but I'll definitely check out the rest of those soon. :D
Monster..dont forget Monster
Secret life of Ariety deserves a viewing as well.
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Arietty is also excellent, and Porco Rosso is as well. I haven't seen all the Ghibli films, but I think the one I've liked least is Ponyo, just because the conclusion's incredibly anticlimactic.
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I want to watch Princess Mononoke but I'vebeen toldcountless times that it's nowhere near as good as Howl's moving castle which I hated.
Totoro is awesome though.
Princess Mononoke is one of his best films in my opinion even better than Howls moving castle, the only one of his (Hayao Miyazaki's) that I've seem that has dismemberment in it. I love that movie. Castle in the Sky is also a good one.
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Bonus props if you can get a live histogram in the viewfinder...
I have needed a faster shutter speed than I was able to get.
Um, changing the firmware isn't going to put a LCD screen on the mirror. Apparently you haven't grasped how a SLR [wikipedia.org] works.
the shutter speed is limited to the shutter servo - they put settings so that it will work without prodcution tolerances.. while it might be posiable to make it faster it wouldn't be reliable
That always puzzles me - a consumer camera like a Nikon Coolpix allows you to see the final image through the LCD (even with zoom), while Digital SLR's, costing several thousands of pounds always switch the LCD off when a picture is about to be taken.
How did Linksys cripple the 54G? IIRC, they came out with the 54GL variant to keep the hacker crowd happy.
No, they renamed the original G to GL, jacked the price up $20, then came out with a new, shitty router that they named G for the same price that the better hardware had been before. And all this while hardware costs should have been going down anyway (as is the general trend in technology).
(Have you got a hint abut why people are pissed off yet?)
I would tell anyone who'd listen that if you own one of these cheapish but otherwise excellent point-and-shoot cameras (mine is a Canon Powershot A510), if you're looking for a great use for it, consider putting it to use as a Web cam, or a motion detector.
I spent quite a bit of time researching this project, and am not affiliated with either company I mention here, nor do I stand to gain from mentioning them. I only cite their names here b/c I was looking for a cheap way to get good quality, auto-recorded video and photo shots of hummingbirds and other birds visiting our feeder, and was amazed at how easy and cheap this was given the alternatives (crappy webcams, etc).
First step up was downloading PSremote [breezesys.com], which works with most brands of point and shoots, but most particularly Cannon. It lets you control the camera entirely, from the zoom to the shutter speed and exposure -- from the computer, assuming it's connected to the PC using the supplied cable.
Add to that setup Webcam Zone Trigger [zonetrigger.com], which interacts with that software to let you define "hotspots" and the level of motion detection that should trigger recording in those spots, and you now have a new life for that old camera you don't use anymore. Total cost: $100.
When you take a RAW image, the only camera settings that you have to worry about are the aperture, the shutter speed, and the ISO setting (of course you still need to focus/autofocus and point the camera in the right direction, etc.).
The RAW image is just the data that is coming off the sensor, without any processing. The image sensor, and therefore the RAW data saved from it, can have no concept of 'white balance' - this is a shifting of the colours in the image that takes place in the image processing software, to make the finished image look more acceptable to us in most lighing conditions. A white balance setting is often stored in the EXIF data for the RAW image, but this is just used as a default setting when you open the image in your processing software, it doesn't affect the actual data.
Yes, you're exactly right, the data on the sensor in both cases will be the same- the white balance shift that occurs during processing will not have taken place.Like, if I shoot the same image at say 5000k and then at 8000k, then open the image in an application for RAW images and set the while balance to 6500k in both, will they contain the same data? (Because with JPEG they would of course not.)
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That Saturday is honestly pretty great
Hey at least now I can see Jack White and then go to A^I
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0. Pound Cake Intro
1. Started From The Bottom
2. 6 God
3. Over
4. Worst Behavior
5. Blessed (with Big Sean)
6. All Me (with Big Sean & 2 Chainz)
7. Fuckin Problems...
Jack White
1. Icky Thump
2. High Ball Stepper
3. Lazaretto
4. Ball & Biscuit
5. Hotel Yorba
6. Steady As She Goes
7. Freedom at 21
8. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
9. Three Women
That song with Run The Jewels is awesome
My favorite band. So excited. Praying so much they don't conflict with either Caribou or Flying Lotus but expect them to.
SBTRKT will be the big surprise guest act I think. I know Alesso is bringing out a handful of singers. I imagine Drake will have his homies there. I doubt Jack will bring out Meg but here's to hoping...
Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
Jack White - We're Going To Be Friends
Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
Azealia Banks - Ice Princess
Caribou - Silver
Lykke Li - No Rest For The Wicked
Sylvan Esso -...
FYF moving out of east LA would be against everything that festival was built on
Will these secretly be the set with all the "special guests" ? :troll
very excited for them
Jack White v Ratatat v Belle and Sebastian
Tame Impala v FlyLo v Alesso v Caribou
Damn that sounds epic
Feel like Duke Dumont should be playing the Sahara. Putting him in the Yuma again could be a disaster.
Jack White
Tame Impala
Chet Faker
Alabama Shakes
Run The Jewels
Lykke Li
Sylvan Esso
Florence + The Machine
Drake will be there
That Sunday is awesome
Bleachers just announced their tour and LA is missing / tour ends before Coachella
March 4, 2015 – Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theatre
March 7, 2015 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
March 11, 2015 – San...
Anyone but The Cure please. Will never forget how incredibly underwhelming they were in 2009.
That lineup is great
Awesome for Made In Heights
Does anyone have photos of the fire coming out of the top of the stage weekend two?
1. Haim
2. Rudimental
3. Banks
4. Pharrell
5. Arcade Fire only because Here Comes The Nighttime into Wake Up was seriously one of the most incredible things I've ever experienced live
RATATAT would be awesome
Lauryn Hill
Missy Elliott
Gwen Stefani
The National
Royskopp and Robyn
Frank Ocean
London Grammar
The Black Keys
Weekend Two
1. Haim
2. Rudimental
3. Banks
4. Pharrell
5. Arcade Fire
Watch The Throne
U2 / Fleetwood Mac
Daft Punk
My friend loves Jaar and saw him last weekend and said it was awful
Kidnap Kid !!
This happened to us last year weekend one. Arrived around 11 but we waited for an hour. Were placed at the same exact spot.
I just wanna see Human
REALLY?! My god I am praying she is back weekend two. That song is heaven.
So... a shit show?
Updated with a handful from Friday
I'm going to try to post as many as I can, but please add on!
The Leaving Song Pt. II
Girl's Not Grey
I Hope You Suffer
A Single Second
Love Like Winter
17 Crimes
My friend might call you for one
Oh my goddd
They have dogs? Wow
This SO much. Who wants to see them during the day? And conflicting with Banks? So fucked up.
I've heard great things about their show. It's too bad they're conflicting with Galantis and DARKSIDE.
Who still gives a shit about Girl Talk? Honestly.
They were great at FYF last year too
Him closing outdoor against Muse reminds me of Atmosphere closing outdoor against the Killers in 09. So fuckin excited.
Ellie v Duke Dumont v Shlohmo
Sleigh Bells v Galantis
Lorde v Solange v Fatboy
CHVRCHES v Banks v Bombay Bicycle Club
Overall though this is nothing. Good work on Coachella's part.
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Thanksgiving? Without sweet potatoes? Perish the thought!!!
For me, Sweet Potatoes are a Thanksgiving MUST!
My sweet potato roots go back to my childhood when my mother whipped up the "marshmallow and pineapple casserole thing" each and every Thanksgiving. I loved it! Especially when the marshmallows burnt just a tad. Oh My!
I snuck into the kitchen on more than one Thanksgiving, and I picked off those burnt babies. I pleaded "innocent" while covered in white goo. Even though I made a mess of the dish, my mother was pleased that I liked it! She was and still is a softy! Oh, sorry, I digress.
As you can see, it's not just the wonderful taste of sweet potatoes, or the nutritional value that entice me, bit rather it's the tradition, the heart hook, the link to mother and family.
However, the casserole of my youth is definitely a tad too rich for my current set of taste buds and definitely NOT an Our Lady of Weight Loss approved item.
I have, however, come up with an even better, more delicious Sweet Potato Dish. Truly!!! Fantastic! A 5 YUM Dish!
Sweet Potato Whip It
Serves 8
6 medium potatoes
3 tablespoons of butter (yes, butter – but 3 tablespoons for 8 people; not a tragedy)
1/2 cup of 1% or 2% milk (hey, go wild, it's Thanksgiving)
4 tablespoons of agave nectar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
salt to taste
Bring big pot of water to boil.
Toss in sweet potatoes. Carefully, please!
Boil till soft (about 15 minutes).
Drain water, leaving potatoes in pot. Using hand-mixer, beat potatoes with butter, milk until smooth, then add the agave, mustard and salt. Serve immediately.
What's your favorite Thanksgiving recipe? Please share!!!
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Quantifying climate change hydrologic risk at NASA Ames Reseaerch Center
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In response to 2009 Executive Order 13514 mandating U.S. federal agencies to evaluate infrastructure vulnerabilities due to climate variability and change we provide an analysis of future climate flood risk at NASA Ames Research Center (Ames) along South S.F. Bay. This includes likelihood analysis of large-scale water vapor transport, statistical analysis of intense precipitation, high winds, sea level rise, storm surge, estuary dynamics, saturated overland flooding, and likely impacts to wetlands and habitat loss near Ames. We use the IPCC CMIP5 data from three Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models with Radiative Concentration Pathways of 8.5 Wm-2 and 4.5 Wm-2 and provide an analysis of climate variability and change associated with flooding and impacts at Ames. Intense storms impacting Ames are due to two large-scale processes, sub-tropical atmospheric rivers (AR) and north Pacific Aleutian low-pressure (AL) storm systems, both of which are analyzed here in terms of the Integrated Water Vapor (IWV) exceeding a critical threshold within a search domain and the wind vector transporting the IWV from southerly to westerly to northwesterly for ARs and northwesterly to northerly for ALs and within the Ames impact area during 1970-1999, 2040-2069, and 2070-2099. We also include a statistical model of extreme precipitation at Ames based on large-scale climatic predictors, and characterize changes using CMIP5 projections. Requirements for levee height to protect Ames are projected to increase and continually accelerate throughout this century as sea level rises. We use empirical statistical and analytical methods to determine the likelihood, in each year from present through 2099, of water level surpassing different threshold values in SF Bay near NASA Ames. We study the sensitivity of the water level corresponding to a 1-in-10 and 1-in-100 likelihood of exceedance to changes in the statistical distribution of storm surge height and ENSO height, in addition to increasing mean sea level. We examine the implications in the face of the CMIP5 projections. Storm intensification may result in increased flooding hazards at Ames. We analyze how the changes in precipitation intensity will impact the storm drainage system at Ames through continuous stormwater modeling of runoff with the EPA model SWMM 5 and projected downscaled daily precipitation data. Although extreme events will not adversely affect wetland habitats, adaptation projects-- especially levee construction and improvement--will require filling of wetlands. Federal law mandates mitigation for fill placed in wetlands. We are currently calculating the potential mitigation burden by habitat type.
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Integrated circuit chip (IC) design and fabrication is a complex process requiring many stages including elaborate cell placement processes. The present invention provides a method and apparatus to facilitate the placement of cells on the surface of an integrated circuit device. Specifically, the invention involves placement of one type of cells (such as logic cells, I/O cells or scan cells) apart from other types of cells. The present invention facilitates the placement of such cells by first parsing the netlist to remove all cells other than the specific type of cells that are to be placed.
1. A method for placing cells on the surface of an integrated circuit device wherein the integrated circuit device has an associated first netlist, said first netlist containing different types of cells, said method comprising the steps of:
a. creating a second netlist by eliminating certain types of cells from the first netlist;
b. placing the cells contained in said second netlist onto the surface of the integrated circuit device; and
c. upon completion of placement in step b, placing the cells contained in the first netlist that were not previously placed during step b onto the surface of the intergrated circuit device.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said second netlist contains only one type of cell.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said second netlist contains I/O cells and not logic cells.
4. The method according to claim 3 wherein said first netlist contains logic cells and I/O cells and the I/O cells are placed before the logic cells.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein logic cells are eliminated from the first netlist in creating said second netlist.
6. A semiconductor device having cells placed thereon in accordance with claim 1.
7. An apparatus for placing cells on the surface of an integrated circuit device wherein the integrated circuit device has an associated first netlist, said first netlist containing different types of cells, said apparatus comprising:
a. means for creating a second netlist by eliminating certain types of cells from the first netlist;
b. means for placing the cells contained in said second netlist onto the surface of the integrated circuit device; and
c. means for, upon completion of placement by means b, placing the cells contained in the first netlist that were not previously placed by means b onto the surface of the intergrated circuit device.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said second netlist contains only one type of cell.
9. The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the second netlist contains I/O cells and not logic cells.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said first netlist contains logic cells and I/O cells and the I/O cells are placed before the logic cells.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein logic cells are eliminated from the first netlist in creating said second netlist.
12. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for placing cells on the surface of an integrated circuit device wherein the integrated circuit device has an associated first netlist, said first netlist containing different types of cells, said process steps comprising steps to:
a. create a second netlist by eliminating certain types of cells from the first netlist;
b. place the cells contained in said second netlist onto the surface of the integrated circuit device: and
c. upon completion of placement in step b, place the cells contained in the first netlist that were not previously placed during step b onto the surface of the intergrated circuit device.
13. The computer-readable medium according to claim 12 wherein said second netlist contains I/O cells and not logic cells.
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to the field of semiconductor design and fabrication. Specifically, this invention relates to the technique of filtering of netlist to facilitate the placement of particular cells on an integrated circuit chip.
2. Description of the Related Art
Cell placement in semiconductor fabrication involves determining placement of particular cells on the surface of a integrated circuit device. As is described more fully below, there are different types of cells to be placed, including core cells (such as logic cells), I/O cells (input/output cells) and scan cells. Some cell placement systems place different cells at different stages of the design process. For example, I/O cells are generally placed at the periphery of the integrated circuit device and can be placed before the core cells are placed in the core (middle) of the device. The purpose of the present invention is to facilitate the placement of cells where different cells are placed at different stages of the integrated circuit design process.
a. Integrated Circuit Basics
An integrated circuit chip (hereafter referred to as an �IC� or a �chip�) comprises cells and connections between the cells formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The IC may include a large number of cells and require complex connections between the cells.
A cell is a group of one or more circuit elements such as transistors, capacitors, and other basic circuit elements grouped to perform a function. Each of the cells of an IC may have one or more pins, each of which, in turn, may be connected to one or more other pins of the IC by wires. The wires connecting the pins of the IC are also formed on the surface of the chip. As discussed above, the cells can include core cells, scan cells and I/O cells.
A net is a set of two or more pins which must be connected, thus connecting the logic circuits having the pins. Because a typical chip has thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of pins, that must be connected in various combinations, the chip also includes definitions of thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of nets, or sets of pins. The number of the nets for a chip is typically in the same order as the order of the number of cells on that chip. Commonly, a majority of the nets include only two pins to be connected; however, many nets comprise three or more pins. Some nets may include hundreds of pins or thousands or tens of thousands to be connected. A netlist is a list of nets including names of connected pins or a list of cells including names of nets that connect to pins of cells.
b. Chip Fabrication
As mentioned above, the present invention involves cell placement. Cell placement is one of the steps necessary for the fabrication of an IC. These additional steps are very well known by those skilled in the art of semiconductor fabrication and are briefly described below.
Microelectronic integrated circuits consist of a large number of electronic components that are fabricated by layering several different materials on a silicon base or wafer. The design of an integrated circuit transforms a circuit description into a geometric description which is known as a layout. A layout consists of a set of planar geometric shapes in several layers.
The layout is then checked to ensure that it meets all of the design requirements. The result is a set of design files in a particular unambiguous representation known as an intermediate form that describes the layout. The design files are then converted into pattern generator files that are used to produce patterns called masks by an optical or electron beam pattern generator.
During fabrication, these masks are used to pattern a silicon wafer using a sequence of photolithographic steps. The component formation requires very exacting details about geometric patterns and separation between them. The process of converting the specifications of an electrical circuit into a layout is called the physical design.
Currently, the minimum geometric feature size of a component is on the order of 0.2 microns. However, it is expected that the feature size can be reduced to 0.1 micron within the next few years. This small feature size allows fabrication of as many as 4.5 million transistors or 1 million gates of logic on a 25 millimeter by 25 millimeter chip. This trend is expected to continue, with even smaller feature geometries and more circuit elements on an integrated circuit, and of course, larger die (or chip) sizes will allow far greater numbers of circuit elements.
Due to the large number of components and the exacting details required by the fabrication process, physical design is not practical without the aid of computers. As a result, most phases of physical design extensively use Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools, and many phases have already been partially or fully automated. Automation of the physical design process has increased the level of integration, reduced turn around time and enhanced chip performance.
The objective of physical design is to determine an optimal arrangement of devices in a plane or in a three dimensional space, and an efficient interconnection or routing scheme between the devices to obtain the desired functionality.
An exemplary integrated circuit chip is illustrated in FIG. 1 and generally designated by the reference numeral 26. The circuit 26 includes a semiconductor substrate 26A on which are formed a number of functional circuit blocks that can have different sizes and shapes. Some are relatively large, such as a central processing unit (CPU) 27, a read-only memory (ROM) 28, a clock/timing unit 29, one or more random access memories (RAM) 30 and an input/output (I/O) interface unit 31. These blocks, commonly known as macroblocks, can be considered as modules for use in various circuit designs, and are represented as standard designs in circuit libraries.
The integrated circuit 26 further comprises a large number, which can be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions or more of small cells 32. Each cell 32 shown herein represents a single logic element, such as a gate, or several logic elements interconnected in a standardized manner to perform a specific function. Cells that consist of two or more interconnected gates or logic elements are also available as standard modules in circuit libraries.
The cells 32 and the other elements of the circuit 26 described above are interconnected or routed in accordance with the logical design of the circuit to provide the desired functionality. Although not visible in the drawing, the various elements of the circuit 26 are interconnected by electrically conductive lines or traces that are routed, for example, through vertical channels 33 and horizontal channels 34 that run between the cells 32.
The input to the physical design problem is a circuit diagram, and the output is the layout of the circuit. This is accomplished in several stages including partitioning, floor planning, placement, routing and compaction.
Partitioning. A chip may contain several million transistors. Layout of the entire circuit cannot be handled due to the limitation of memory space as well as the computation power available. Therefore it is normally partitioned by grouping the components into blocks such as subcircuits and modules. The actual partitioning process considers many factors such as the size of the blocks, number of blocks and number of interconnections between the blocks.
The output of partitioning is a set of blocks, along with the interconnections required between blocks. The set of interconnections required is the netlist. In large circuits, the partitioning process is often hierarchical, although non-hierarchical (e.g. flat) processes can be used, and at the topmost level a circuit can have between 5 to 25 blocks. However, greater numbers of blocks are possible and contemplated. Each block is then partitioned recursively into smaller blocks.
Floor planning and placement. This step is concerned with selecting good layout alternatives for each block of the entire chip, as well as between blocks and to the edges. Floor planning is a critical step as it sets up the ground work for a good layout. During cell placement, the blocks are exactly positioned on the chip. The goal of cell placement is to find a minimum area arrangement for the blocks (cells) that allows completion of interconnections between the blocks. Placement is typically done in two phases. In the first phase, an initial placement is created. In the second phase, the initial placement is evaluated and iterative improvements are made until the layout has minimum area and conforms to design specifications.
Routing, The objective of the routing phase is to complete the interconnections between blocks according to the specified netlist. First, the space not occupied by blocks, which is called the routing space, is partitioned into rectangular regions called channels and switch boxes. The goal of a router is to complete all circuit connections using the shortest possible wire length and using only the channel and switch boxes.
Routing is usually done in two phases referred to as the global routing and detailed routing phases. In global routing, connections are completed between the proper blocks of the circuit disregarding the exact geometric details of each wire and terminal. For each wire, a global router finds a list of channels that are to be used as a passageway for that wire. In other words, global routing specifies the loose route of a wire through different regions of the routing space.
Global routing is followed by detailed routing which completes point-to-point connections between terminals on the blocks. Loose routing is converted into exact routing by specifying the geometric information such as width of wires and their layer assignments. Detailed routing includes channel routing and switch box routing.
Compaction. Compaction is the task of compressing the layout in all directions such that the total area is reduced. By making the chips smaller, wire lengths are reduced which in turn reduces the signal delay between components of the circuit. At the same time a smaller area enables more chips to be produced on a wafer which in turn reduces the cost of manufacturing. Compaction must ensure that no rules regarding the design and fabrication process are violated.
Wafer Construction. Photolithography is a common technique employed in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. Typically, a semiconductor wafer is coated with a layer (film) of light-sensitive material, such as photoresist. Using a patterned mask or reticle, the wafer is exposed to projected light, typically actinic light, which manifests a photochemical effect on the photoresist, which is subsequently chemically etched, leaving a pattern of photoresist �lines� on the wafer corresponding to the pattern on the mask.
A �wafer� is a thin piece of semiconductor material from which semiconductor chips are made. The four basic operations utilized to fabricate wafers include (1) layering, (2) patterning, (3) doping and (4) heat treatments.
The layering operation adds thin layers of material, including insulators, semiconductors, and conductors, to a wafer surface. During the layering operation, layers are either grown or deposited. Oxidation involves growing a silicon dioxide (an insulator) layer on a silicon wafer. Deposition techniques include, for example, chemical vapor deposition, evaporation, and sputtering. Semiconductors are generally deposited by chemical vapor deposition, while conductors are generally deposited with evaporation or sputtering.
Patterning involves the removal of selected portions of surface layers. After material is removed, the wafer surface has a pattern. The material removed may form a hole or an island. The process of patterning is also known to those skilled in the relevant art as microlithography, photolithography, photomasking and masking. The patterning operation serves to create parts of the semiconductor device on the wafer surface in the dimensions required by the circuit design and to locate the parts in their proper location on the wafer surface.
Doping involves implanting dopants in the surface of the wafer through openings in the layers to create the n-type and p-type pockets needed to form the N-P junctions for operation of discrete elements such as transistors and diodes. Doping is generally achieved with thermal diffusion (wafer is heated and exposed to the desired dopant) and ion implantation (dopant atoms are ionized, accelerated to high velocities and implanted into the wafer surface).
c. Cell Placement.
During the cell placement process described above, different cells may be placed at different stages of the design process. For example, it may be desirable to place I/O cells before placing the core cells. LSI Logic Corporation, for example, offers a well-known design tool called �LSI I/O Only� which places I/O cells separate and apart from the placement of other cells. One problem confronted by a design tool such as �LSI I/O Only� is that generally the entire netlist (which includes core cells, scan cells and I/O cells) must be read in and acted upon by the tool. Considering the size of a netlist for a very large scale integration, the processing of such a large netlist is very expensive with respect to computer resources. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to reduce the complexity of the netlist in order to facilitate the placement of specific types of cells apart from the other cells of the netlist.
FIG. 1 is a simplified illustration of an integrated circuit chip on a semiconductor substrate;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart detailing the traversal of the netlist as implemented by the present invention; and
FIG. 4 is the environment in which the present invention is typically practiced.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to facilitate the placement of cells on the surface of an integrated circuit device. Specifically, the invention involves placement of one type of cells (such as logic cells, I/O cells or scan cells) apart from other types of cells. The present invention facilitates the placement of such cells by first parsing the netlist to remove all cells other than the specific type of cells that are to be placed.
Referring to FIG. 2, a flow chart 200 illustrating the present invention is shown. As illustrated by the first box 202, a netlist is read. As already discussed, a netlist may be a list of cells including names of cells and names of nets that connect the pins of the cells.
A netlist defines an integrated circuit (IC) because it lists all the cells and all the nets of the IC design. A sample netlist is attached hereto as Appendix I. Often, a netlist includes a hierarchical structure of in inverse-tree formation having a top, or a root, module, sub-modules, and cells. In such a structure, the lowest level modules (having no sub-modules), are referred to as leaf modules. The sample netlist of Appendix I has only one level of modules. The top level module name is �i2c.� See Appendix I, line 3. A netlist may be specified in any agreed-upon notation. Typically, netlists are defined using a high level design language such as Verilog or VHDL. The sample netlist of Appendix I is defined using NDL (Netlist Data List), which is a notation used by LSI Logic Corporation.
The netlist read in step 202 comprises cells. In order to determine the characteristics of the cells of the netlist, the cells of the netlist must be referenced to cell definitions contained in a technology library. Thus, the next step in the process of filtering a netlist is to read 204 a technology library. The technology library contains the characteristics and implementation details of the cells of the netlist as they are implemented in the selected technology.
Then, the netlist is traversed 206, and determination is made, for each cell of the netlist, as to whether the cell meets a predetermined criterion. The predetermined criterion may be any criterion used to filter the netlist to select a subset of the netlist. Or two or more criteria might be used simultaneously. In the example provided by Appendix II, the predetermined criterion is whether a cell is an input/output (I/O) cell. Appendix II is a listing of a program written in C language illustrating an implementation of the present invention to filter out all non-I/O cells from a netlist and create a new netlist containing only the I/O cells.
In the IC design and cell placement process, it is advantageous to place the I/O cells first because the IC cell placement can be used to determine whether the amount of space on the semiconductor die is sufficient for a feasible design.
Accordingly, the present inventive technique may be used to select the I/O cells and to filter out other cells from the netlist. Because the IC cells would comprise only a small portion of the entire netlist, placement of the I/O cells separately results in quicker placement analysis times and may lead to more efficient design.
The implementation details of the step 206 of FIG. 2 are illustrated by FIG. 3. To traverse a hierarchical netlist, the Current Level is first set 210 to the top level module. Then, as indicated by the step 212, for all cells of the Current Level, the cell description is parsed, the cell is correlated to the corresponding cell in the technology library. If the cell meets a predetermined criterion, then the cell is marked. Otherwise, the cell is discarded, or �eaten. � In the present example, the criterion is whether the cell is an I/O cell or not.
The sample netlist of Appendix I can be used to illustrated these steps. The 15 of Appendix I is as follows:
UUT_U73(UUT_P2_counter453� 0_port=z)=n1a(UUT_n166=a);
This line shows that cell UUT_U73 has, as its output, line UUT_P2_counter453� 0_port. The cell class of UUT_U73 is n1a having input line UUT_n166.
The cell name and class is parsed out, and the cell class, n1a, is correlated to the cell class in the technology library. If n1a is an output cell class, then cell UUT_U73 is marked as an output cell. If n1a is not an output cell class, then cell UUT_U73 is eaten. The process continues for each of the cells of the Current Level.
Because a netlist may have hierarchical organization, the above discussed analysis of each of the cells is repeated for each of the sub-level modules of the netlist as indicated by step 214.
Referring again to FIG. 2, all of the marked cells (which have met the predetermined criterion) are then written out 208 as a new netlist. Appendix III contains a new netlist filtered from the sample netlist of Appendix I using the I/O cell filtering technique as implemented by the program listed as Appendix II. Note that the first cell entry, line 15, of the new netlist of Appendix III is
This indicates that cells UUT_U73 through UUT_S2_we_ff_reg, defined in lines 15 through 24, inclusive, of Appendix I are not I/O cells, and that cell U96 of class ibufdr defmed in line 25 of Appendix I is the first I/O cell of netlist module i2c.
Referring now to Appendix II, the C language implementation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes code to read command line options, and to check the file dates of the design netlist file and the new I/O netlist file. Lines 1 through 30 of Appendix II comprise administrative functions and definitions of various place holders, variables, used in the program. Lines 31 through 54 read command line options. For example, the output file name is set as an option. Lines 55, 56, and 160 to 194 check the last updates of the input file and the output file. If the output file was most recently updated, then the program exits. Line 56. Lines 57 to 61 obtain the data separator or delimiter. Lines 62 through 89 determine the language used to specify the netlist, read the netlist, and read the technology library. Lines 90 through 92 and lines 108 through 159 traverse the netlist and analyze the cells, marking the I/O cells. Lines 93 through 98 write the new I/O cell netlist. And, lines 99 through 107 are for administrative details such as freeing computer memory and closing console.
Design System Environment
Generally, the methods described herein with respect to IC design will be practiced with a general purpose computer, either with a single processor or multiple processors. Generally, RTL (Register Transfer Level) code will be supplied. The design steps thereafter, including use of the methods discussed herein, employed will then be performed by a general purpose computer.
FIG. 4 is an illustration of a general purpose computer system, representing one of many suitable computer platforms for implementing the inventive cell placement described above. FIG. 4 shows a general purpose computer system 350 in accordance with the present invention that includes a central processing unit (CPU) 352, read only memory (ROM) 354, random access memory (RAM) 356, expansion RAM 358, input/output (I/O) circuitry 360, display assembly 362, input device 364, and expansion bus 366. Computer system 350 may also optionally include a mass storage unit 368 such as a disk drive unit or nonvolatile memory such as flash memory and a real-time clock 370.
CPU 352 is coupled to ROM 354 by a data bus 372, control bus 374, and address bus 376. ROM 354 contains the basic operating system for the computer system 350. CPU 352 is also connected to RAM 356 by busses 372, 374, and 376. Expansion RAM 358 is optionally coupled to RAM 356 for use by CPU 352. CPU 352 is also coupled to the I/O circuitry 360 by data bus 372, control bus 374, and address bus 376 to permit data transfers with peripheral devices.
I/O circuitry 360 typically includes a number of latches, registers and direct memory access (DMA) controllers. The purpose of I/O circuitry 360 is to provide an interface between CPU 352 and such peripheral devices as display assembly 362, input device 364, and mass storage 368.
Display assembly 362 of computer system 350 is an output device coupled to I/O circuitry 360 by a data bus 378. Display assembly 362 receives data from I/O circuitry 360 via bus 378 and displays that data on a suitable screen.
The screen for display assembly 362 can be a device that uses a cathode-ray tube (CRT), liquid crystal display (LCD), or the like, of the types commercially available from a variety of manufacturers. Input device 364 can be a keyboard, a mouse, a stylus working in cooperation with a position-sensing display, or the like. The aforementioned input devices are available from a variety of vendors and are well known in the art.
Some type of mass storage 368 is generally considered desirable. However, mass storage 368 can be eliminated by providing a sufficient mount of RAM 356 and expansion RAM 358 to store user application programs and data. In that case, RAMs 356 and 358 can optionally be provided with a backup battery to prevent the loss of data even when computer system 350 is turned off. However, it is generally desirable to have some type of long term mass storage 368 such as a commercially available hard disk drive, nonvolatile memory such as flash memory, battery backed RAM, PC-data cards, or the like.
A removable storage read/write device 369 may be coupled to I/O circuitry 360 to read from and to write to a removable storage media 371. Removable storage media 371 may represent, for example, a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, an opto-magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like. Instructions for implementing the inventive method may be provided, in one embodiment, to a network via such a removable storage media.
In operation, information is inputted into the computer system 350 by typing on a keyboard, manipulating a mouse or trackball, or �writing� on a tablet or on position-sensing screen of display assembly 362. CPU 352 then processes the data under control of an operating system and an application program stored in ROM 354 and/or RAM 356. CPU 352 then typically produces data which is outputted to the display assembly 362 to produce appropriate images on its screen.
Expansion bus 366 is coupled to data bus 372, control bus 374, and address bus 376. Expansion bus 366 provides extra ports to couple devices such as network interface circuits, modems, display switches, microphones, speakers, etc. to CPU 352. Network communication is accomplished through the network interface circuit and an appropriate network.
Suitable computers for use in implementing the present invention may be obtained from various vendors. Various computers, however, may be used depending upon the size and complexity of the tasks. Suitable computers include mainframe computers, multiprocessor computers, workstations, or personal computers.
It should be understood that the present invention also relates to machine readable media on which are stored program instructions for performing methods of this invention. Such media includes, by way of example, magnetic disks, magnetic tape, optically readable media such as CD ROMs, semiconductor memory such as PCMCIA cards, etc. In each case, the medium may take the form of a portable item such as a small disk, diskette, cassette, etc., or it may take the form of a relatively larger or immobile item such as a hard disk drive or RAM provided in a computer.
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In the south you don't want to plant wax begonias in full sun - lots of folks do, but they eventually look like crap. Maybe in the north they can be planted in full sun without a lot of fanfare. Maybe if they kept them watered every other day then they would look good but most look like they need to be yanked out and replaced with something else by mid June.


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This will be my first porter. Can I add fruit in the Mash, or introduce juice into the boil, or just throw cranberries into the secondary as i did with my rasberry wheat?
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SPY ACT's sponsor says bill won't endanger network ad technologies.
H.R. bill 29, a.k.a. the SPY ACT, was never meant to interfere with the serving of third-party ads on Web sites, said a spokesperson for California Rep. Mary Bono, the bill's chief sponsor. She said industry confusion over the interpretation of the SPY ACT's cookies provision may lead the committee examining the bill to clarify it in some way.
The spokesperson, Kimberly Pencille, said the edited bill wouldn't necessarily explicitly exempt cookies, but the section could be "strengthened" or even removed completely.
Many online advertising firms have expressed concern the Bono bill's somewhat vague language means curtains for some technologies that support online advertising. Behavioral targeting, in particular, appears threatened by the bill as it's currently written.
Pastille said the committee now examining the bill wants to ensure it restricts only software that causes a computer to process data. Text and data cookies that support most third-party advertising would not be outlawed. Therefore, Pencille said, the bill wouldn't endanger behavioral targeting and other network advertising technologies.
"The goal of the bill is to protect the consumer," said Pencille. "It's not meant to limit the growth of technology or create a headache for any of these companies."
The federal "Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act" was first introduced in 2003 as bill HR 2929. It passed overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives in October, 2004, but didn't reach a vote in the Senate before the end of the 108th Congress. Representative Bono reintroduced it to the House early last month.
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