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0. phoneArena posted on 25 Aug 2012, 14:39
Manuel Ilagan, one of the nine jurors whose verdict in favor of Apple has shaken up the Android community, had a few words to say to the media on Saturday; Ilagan disclosed that the jury had some heated arguments before coming to a decision...
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11. RangersK (Posts: 68; Member since: 15 May 2012)
Looks like they didn't give a s**t about the prior art.
12. Aeires (unregistered)
Won't be the same type of trial in the appeals process, Samsung won't make the mistake of not filing papers on time when it goes to retrial. Seriously doubt there will be ridiculous time limits on cross examination either. Next time out of the gate they'll have the experience of what to do and what to ask, should be interesting.
15. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Not sure why and how they goofed up on this. Wasn't the legal team the one that GOOG uses for Patent trials?
52. roscuthiii (Posts: 2241; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
My only guess at this would be that the legal team thought the obviousness of prior art and natural evolutionary product progression based on the technology available would have been, well... for lack of a better term, obvious.
I guess not though. Here we see that yet again, rhetoric and razzle dazzle teamed up with a little bit of smoke n' mirrors is what wins the day.
I suppose we should just all be tickled that patent infringement didn't exist at the time the blade was invented, or the time the wheel was developed. Function determines form. Anyone with a blade will use it to cut, anyone with a wheel will roll it. Gee, I wonder what people would do with a touch screen?
54. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
no, these were samsung's laywers. Goog has a lawyer firm that it uses to handle patents back n forth and other communications to help manufacturers, but I dont believe they directly help in the court itself.
13. 14545 (Posts: 1676; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
sooooo, all apple has to prove is that every smartphone on the market has a "flat screen" and a "bezel" for apple to get billions from them too. Even though APPLE MAKES NOTHING. THEY MAKE NO HARDWARE WHATSOEVER. So, yeah, sounds like a just decision. (rollseyes.)
41. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Whether they produce the hardware themselves or not doesn't matter, that Apple designed it is what matters. This would make perfect sense if you thought about it for 30 seconds...
66. 14545 (Posts: 1676; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Awesome, so when I came up with the design for magnetically adjustable shock, two years before GM, I guess I should be entitled to 1.05 billion. No, I didn't PRODUCE anything, so I shouldn't be entitled to anything. Maybe you should think about it for 30 seconds. Maybe you should ACTUALLY read what is written. Then you would realize that APPLE WON because of a "Flat screen" and "bezel". That's straight from the horses mouth. If that is all it takes to "infringe", then there isn't a smartphone maker out there that is safe now. (IOW, beyond android) As allllllll NEW SMARTPHONES MADE IN THE LAST 5 years have a "FLAT SCREEN AND BEZEL". So I guess HTC, Moto, Nokia, and EVEN RIM(one of the true pioneers of the "smartphone") are all "infringing" on apples patents? Please stop with the fanboyism and learn to look outside your narrow scope. All patents(in general) do is harm innovation. And, as samsung pointed out, this ruling is a HUGE loss for EVERY consumer.
14. ajac09 (Posts: 1482; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
I bet phone arena and gizmodo where both there handing out dollar bills to each juror to.
28. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Gizmodo, sure (especially sam biddle, whose report last night seemed surprisingly professional and not full of his usual pro-apple bias), PA not as much... You have relatively rational folks like Michael H and Victor (and a few others) that balance the remaining ones out.
16. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
If this all goes as it goes there are no innovations where anyone can patent pinch-to-zoom.....it is like a patent of hand-brake in cars.....
Sick from US minds
19. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Apple they are very good at presentation/marketing and psychology. It was easy for them to fight this lawsuit using their skills. The sad thing is that now many Android OEM are at risks.
23. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
All the competition is in risk if there are such rotten companies abusing patent system like Apple and Microsoft
26. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
No system (patent or otehrwise) should be above "Public Interest" in true democracy.
43. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
IMO No Risk in China the largest market for mobile users and India. Apple offcially slid down to 4rth position from 2nd in China. All Risks are in US and allies of US where court judgments can be influenced to be on same path as it happens in US more out of jingoism. Samsung leads in both markets and would continue to do so. What this battle has done is it has projected Samsung as a company which can take on the might of Apple. So not a bad campaign for advertisement if one looks at this from that perspective Apple devices in India subsidised through carrier on 2 yr contract failed to take off. People here hate being tied down to such contracts and they want freedom to switch anytime to any other carrier.
Apple will just play these street side sniper shot games and say they are fighting a thermonuclear war against Android. Bull crap. How much of 1.05 billion was for trade dress? Trade dress crap has nothing to do with Android ... M$ tried to kill LINUX ... did it die? M$ was shouting from rooftop about patent violations in LINUX and it was LINUS who had the guts to say open your source and then we will show you how much you have violated and copied from everywhere ... Google needs to balance the books now ... :)
20. RangersK (Posts: 68; Member since: 15 May 2012)
"It didn't dawn on us [that we agreed that Samsung had infringed] on the first day," Ilagan said. "We were debating heavily, especially about the patents on bounce back and pinch-to-zoom. Apple said they owned patents, but we were debating about the prior art [about the same technology that Samsung said existed before the iPhone debuted]. [Velvin Hogan] was jury foreman. He had experience. He owned patents himself. In the beginning the debate was heated, but it was still civil. Hogan holds patents, so he took us through his experience. After that it was easier. After we debated that first patent -- what was prior art --because we had a hard time believing there was no prior art, that there wasn't something out there before Apple.
"In fact we skipped that one," Ilagan continued, "so we could go on faster. It was bogging us down."
24. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
Is this really true???
31. RangersK (Posts: 68; Member since: 15 May 2012)
This is from CNET.
34. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
I can not believe they skipped 100% argument for invalidating the patent....SHOCKING!
35. RangersK (Posts: 68; Member since: 15 May 2012)
Who the hell thumbed down on the FACT?
76. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
It was me but it was a misstap :) I can not correct that
39. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Not sure why are they justifying things in so much of a detail and saying things like see we did reject some Apple claims. Something's fishy and it's very apparent.
32. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
"...I don't want to live on this planet anymore."
Did these yahoos have big weekend plans or something? Or was the $12/day (or whatever) cutting into their lives too much?
21. Zayuh24 (Posts: 149; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
This is what makes me sick from this court case... Look at all of Samsung's early smartphones that were unsuccessful because of a mediocre OS. That's why they hid their "rectangular shaped devices" until after the iPhone release because they weren't sure if the world was ready for a fully-featured device. Then, how is it at all possible to have a patent on a shape? EVERY SMARTPHONE (besides the Nexus) LOOKS THE SAME! My LG G2X looks a lot like the HTC Incredible because they're both the same rectangular shape and black screen. The majority of Apple's patents are common-sense bull.... If you have to look at it from the facts you are given, yes, Samsung copied a rectangular shape with a touch screen as well as every other carrier around because shapes are generic. Goodbye competition, hello monopoly (until the appeal)
25. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
It's a NEXUS between Apple and M$ which is at play. They want control of entire mobile world. They have collaborated in past and they are doing it now. First target is home ground ...
33. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Not so sure about Microsoft... They currently make more money from Android than Windows Phone. Just sayin'
29. tedkord (Posts: 14130; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
This shows the jurors lack of understanding. His smoking gun didn't exist. There was not a single email that discussed what features to copy. In fact, the only email that even discussed copying specifically said to NOT copy.
The good news is that appeals are coming, and they will likely be decided by a panel of judges who have some understanding of patent law, so a good portion of the verdict will likely be invalidated.
30. SGSatlantis (Posts: 226; Member since: 20 Jul 2011)
If it was so obvious from day one that Samsung harmed Apples sales, why the F they kept it going for so long. Also f**k Apple
44. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
how do you harm the sales of a company that cant keep its product in stock from too much demand?
67. SGSatlantis (Posts: 226; Member since: 20 Jul 2011)
It turns out that by selling your own phones. It's called competition and Apple doesn't like it.


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How come Logan, he of the unparalleled healing factor and stunning powers of regeneration, has shaking hands and a back covered in scars? Turns out that's the way Mangold wants it. "One of the things we all thought about as we worked on this film is, well, we don't want to rebuild everything. We want to have some questions. In order to make a different Logan, and a different tone of a Wolverine movie, we felt like we couldn't hold on to every tradition established in all the movies religiously, or we'd be trapped by the decisions made before us. So we questioned whether Logan's healing factor causes him to heal without even a scar. We imagined that it may have when he was younger, but with age, he's getting older and ailing. Perhaps his healing factor no longer produces baby-soft skin. So we imagined he heals quickly, still, but it leaves a scar. The simple idea was that his body would start to get a little more ravaged with a kind of tattooing of past battles, lacerations that remain of previous conflicts."
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"We are in the future, we have passed the point of the epilogue of Days Of Future Past," is all that Mangold will admit about the timing of this film. But clearly a good couple of decades have reduced Patrick Stewart's Charles Xavier to a shadow of his former self, with the effects of ageing evident on his face. "We're finding all these characters in circumstances that are a little more real. The questions of ageing, of loneliness, of where I belong. Am I still useful to the world? I saw it as an opportunity. We've seen these characters in action, saving the universe. But what happens when you're in retirement and that career is over? The really interesting thing to me, or a place to dig that hadn't been dug, was the idea of mutants when they're no longer useful to the world, or even sure if they can do what they used to do. Their powers are diminished like all of ours are by age."
Mysterious girl
At this picture, Mangold clams up completely. "I think I will just let speculation run rampant about that. I think what this film is about in many ways is family. From there out I'd let everyone figure out what we're up to on their own, at least at this early stage." We do know that that's actress Dafne Keane, but her character name — and in particular the question of whether she's Laura/X23, the female clone of Logan who's been rumoured for an appearance in this film, is completely open at this point. "I'm not here today to confirm or deny anything. I think it's great that everyone's speculating and I think it reveals how smart the audience is, many of the fans, about these characters. I don't think they're on the wrong track."
Pierced through the heart
Similarly, Mangold won't confirm whether Boyd Holbrook here is playing, as rumoured, the mutant-hating cyborg Donald Pierce – though the metal hand certainly doesn't rule that out. But what led him to cast Holbrook in particular? "He's a fabulous actor. He's also, to me, in terms of playing an antagonist, he's got humour."
The man with no name?
There's a shot of Stephen Merchant's character on James Mangold's Twitter feed, and his bald pate and lily-white skin suggest that he's the Morlock mutant Caliban, who also appeared played by Tómas Lemarquis in this summer's X-Men: Apocalypse. If we were guessing, we'd say that this heavily-wrapped figure is also Caliban, who grew up underground and doesn't do well in sunshine. "I'm always interested to find the thing that looks most interesting on the actors. Stephen is a huge man. One of the things that is so wonderful filming with him for a character like this is that he's a good six inches taller than Logan, and huge over Patrick. The little kid in the movie would come up to basically his knee. So there's a wonderful sense of scale – but he has heart too. So that was a wonderful energy to enter the movie, and someone who instead of turning things into their own energy kind of joined ours."
Asleep at the wheel
This unusually vulnerable vignette suggests the human relationships that Mangold has alluded to. "I think this movie is about family, and sticking together, and about making connections in a world in which our characters might feel very alone." But he still isn't giving anything away about Keane's character.
Chinny reckon?
This is a startling moment of violence in the film, which hints again at a different tone than we've seen before. " [This represents] to me the kind of aggressive, classical Wolverine action that we want in the movie – more of something that fans have been asking for, for a really long time. We've been limited in one way or another from giving it to them, but I think we've got the go-ahead to really go for it on this picture. So we're really trying to deliver what folks have always imagined those kind of battles would look like. There is a lot of high-octane action in the movie. We're just trying to do it very differently and very viscerally."
A grave man
Finally, another intriguing shot, which suggests that that funeral at the beginning of the trailer may not be our own brush with mortality. Logan and his young companion both look sombre, and he's holding what appears to be a shovel. Is he digging a grave? "I don't know what's in his hand," claims Mangold. "It could be a walking stick." We're pretty sure that is not a walking stick.
Logan is out on 3 March, 2017. Watch the first trailer here.


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Millennials, Generation Y aka people born between 1980 and 2000 - turns out there are 14 million of them in the UK.
They're tech-savvy, spending hours online: reading, listening or posting their own content. And it turns out they don't just want cat videos.
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Vlogger and YouTube star Grace Victory (above) talks about what to think about when creating content on different platforms - like the similarities and differences between online and TV.
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- how the commissioning process works
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Having already drilled three dry holes this year, the oil explorer confirmed that it had plugged and abandoned the final two wells drilled in 2011, further illustrating the challenges of striking black gold in the vast, little-explored terrain.
Cairn, whose Greenland programme has cost around $1bn (£637m) so far, said it would review the data gathered and that it was in discussions with potential partners about buying into its Greenland licences.
"Whilst we have yet to make a commercial discovery we remain encouraged that all of the ingredients for success are in evidence," said Simon Thomson, Cairn's chief executive.
But Richard Rose, an analyst at Oriel, said the update offered little further encouragement and he thought it "highly unlikely" that there would be any drilling in Greenland next year.
"This now concludes the latest drilling programme in Greenland which, whilst having some minor encouragement, has failed to yield a discovery," he said. He added that although the news should not be a surprise to the market, the shares were likely to come off, but this could open up a buying opportunity. After earlier sinking as low as 258.8p, Cairn later pared its losses, closing down just 2.7 at 272.3p as the large-caps staged a turnaround.
After Standard & Poor's cut its ratings on 15 major lenders, the blue-chips began the session in a grim humour. But, moves by China and then the central banks prompted a recovery and the FTSE 100 finished up 168.42 points – 3.16pc – at 5,505.42 while the FTSE 250 soared 283.71 points – 2.83pc – to 10,315.29.
Sentiment was boosted by central banks taking concerted action to lower interest rates on US dollar loans, which should encourage lending between banks. As such, high street lenders reversed their earlier losses, with Royal Bank of Scotland putting on 1.47 to 20.99p. Barclays advanced 11¼ to 180¼p.
Miners helped haul the benchmark index higher after China cut its banks' reserve ratio requirements, easing credit strains. Hopes that such a move will fuel China's demand for raw materials heartened the likes of Antofagasta – up 100p to £11.84 – and Xstrata, up 62p to £10.17.
Insurers joined the rally, with Aviva rising 8.9 to 311.7p and Old Mutual advancing 4.1 to 113.4p. Lifting the latter was a push from RBC Capital Markets, which was on bullish form following a recent visit to Old Mutual's South African business. Analyst Gordon Aitken said the insurer was well-placed to take advantage of "wealth and insurance penetration in the rest of Africa".
Having also recently visited Prudential's Asian business in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Aitken thought that Old Mutual's operations had "several of the characteristics of Prudential's Asian businesses, yet the valuation is markedly cheaper". Old Mutual put on 4.1 to 113.4p while Prudential rose 12½ to 623p.
Only five stocks were left under water, with National Grid and Tate & Lyle trading without the rights to their most recent dividend.
Profit-taking continued to hit mid-cap Thomas Cook, with the beleaguered tour operator easing 0.61 to 18.29p following Monday's surge after the business – which has issued a string of profit warnings – secured a rescue package from its lenders.
Suffering the sharpest fall, however, was SDL. The translation software company retreated 30½ to 609p as rival Alterian – for which SDL recently made a 110p-per-share offer – indicated that it expected double-digit revenue growth in 2013 thanks to strength in its US and Asian markets.
Alterian, which posted an interim loss of £18.6m compared with £601,000 profit last time, edged up 1½ to 101½p.
Climate change consultancy AEA Technology was 0.2 – or 40pc – warmer at 0.54p. Last month, its shares tumbled after the business issued its second profit warning in seven months and its chief executive decided to step down. But investors were heartened by AEA appointing John Lowry, a technology specialist, as its interim boss. That announcement came as AEA said half-year losses had narrowed to £2.1m from £8.8m.
Market volatility continued to take its toll on the City's brokers, with Panmure Gordon sliding 2½ to 11p after saying that it was headed for a loss in the second half of the year as the recent "severe" turmoil delayed deals. Tim Linacre is to quit as Panmure's chief executive next year to focus on client work and winning business for the broker.
Last-gasp rally brings month to flat finish
London's blue-chips had been set to suffer one of their ugliest Novembers in a decade, with persistent uncertainty around the eurozone crisis roiling markets.
But Wednesday's spike meant the FTSE 100 ended the month down just 0.7pc. That compares to a 2.59pc fall in November last year and a 2.9pc slide in November 2009. Its worst November of the last 10 years was in 2007, when it dropped 4.3pc.
With November having been such a tempestuous month on the market, traders might well be crossing their fingers for a "Santa rally" this December.
Over the past decade, the FTSE 100 has ended only three Decembers in the red. Last year, the benchmark index jumped 6.72pc in December and the previous year it advanced 4.28pc.


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Wednesday, April 16th 2008
Thermaltake ProWater PW850i Entry Level Water Cooling Kit
To fulfill the need of entry level out of the box water cooling solutions, Thermaltake is launching a brand new series of liquid cooling kit - ProWater series. The first model to be introduced is the "PW850i". What's included in the PW850i is a DC 12V P500 liquid pump that pumps 500l/h, a 350 c.c. transparent reservoir, Flow TX flow meter, single 120mm radiator with 120x120x25mm blue LED fan (1300~2400RPM), and pure copper waterblock compatible with all AMD AM2/K8 and Intel LGA775/P4 motherboards. The system aslo uses transparent UV 3/8-inch tubes with iStripe to eliminate deformation of the tubes. Check out this url for more information.Thermaltake
7 Comments on Thermaltake ProWater PW850i Entry Level Water Cooling Kit
meh looks like every other tt w/c setup to me
Where they will make money is if they make a cheap but good quality low cost W/c system. I have a thermaltake silent water and I love it for an all in one system. I have been running my x2 3800 at 2.8 ghz for almost a year now.
Bird of Prey
Thermaltakes Water coolers arent bad, it just they target a segment of the market that has way more advanced water cooling users. This doesnt look bad but I wish the hoses were bigger.
Power User
Thermaltake water cooling is bad. Most of their systems are matched or outdone by top of the line air. And the air is cheaper to boot.
Wile E said:I had my share of bad luck with Tt water cooling setups... 1 burnt pump :mad: for no apparent reason (2 months old) and one leak :banghead: on a Big water...
Thermaltake water cooling is bad. Most of their systems are matched or outdone by top of the line air. And the air is cheaper to boot.
we have to admit is the easy solution for anyone who wants to find out what watercooling is about..... however as you say their systems are matched or outdone by top of the line air. I get better results with a :rockout:Zalman 9700 and a :rockout:Thermalright 120...
I ran two BWs on my systems for a few weeks as an experiment against a maxorb & a tr 120. The results were ridiculous. After 16 days, one of the pumps started to make a crackling noise then died. The other setup's radiator developed a leak after 2 weeks & crapped out fluid all over one of my harddrives. The harddrive survived but I wouldn't even recommend TT's junk to my old pal that nearly burned my qx9650.
they make great cases....but that is it! (personal opinion)


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Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Circuit Edit Becomes Increasingly Valuable in High-Stakes World of Advanced Node Design
Integrated circuit (IC) designers are learning that a technique long used on older process nodes is providing even more valuable benefits as they develop devices to be manufactured at advanced technology nodes including 28nm and beyond. During a period when it takes $10 million or more to bring a device to market, focused ion beam (FIB) circuit edit has become strategically important tool for reducing costs, optimizing performance and functionality, mitigating risk, and speeding time to market for complex device designs.
It is widely understood that IC designers will encounter many new problems at advanced process nodes that would be difficult, if not impossible, to anticipate based on previous design work. EDA tool providers are already addressing the difficulty of advanced node design with advice around design flow and other ways to handle numerous technical challenges. In addition to applying these new design flow modifications, developers can also apply FIB circuit editing to the process of debugging and validating fixes or exploring design optimization changes, before committing to the high cost or lengthy timetables of a full mask spin.
Design success barriers are magnified at advanced process nodes, where mask costs are high and it is much more difficult to find and fix bugs. It is widely understood that designers will encounter many new problems at advanced process nodes that would be difficult, if not impossible, to anticipate based on previous design work. The feature sizes of chips manufactured at 20nm process nodes are 10 times smaller than the wavelength of the laser light typically used in lithography. Pre-silicon testing is growing extremely tedious, simulation times are growing excessive, and many designs simply cannot be 100 percent verified. Simulation models may be imperfect for extremely complex designs, and packaging can cause stresses to sensitive devices.
Challenges in this environment range from multiple patterning and layout dependent effects (LDE) to the use of local interconnect layers. Design and integration complexity rises to a new level with each new technology node. Server signals and power electro-migration also create challenges. Decreasing metal pitch leads to coupling effects and signal integrity issues. Increasing wire and via resistance requires more advanced and variable wire sizing and tapering techniques. Additionally, extraction, timing, signal integrity analysis, and modeling pose a multitude of variation issues that designers must solve before they can achieve accuracy without compromising performance. Lithography limitations at 20nm often require a great deal of fixing to achieve signoff. Finally, designers face numerous chip and IP integration challenges, packaging issues, and additional complexity as these issues interact.
Similar challenges face designers of power control ICs and devices that combine control with power FET functionality. In these design environments, FIB circuit edit techniques similarly provide benefits at advanced process nodes, and will be increasingly important as many power devices move to silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN) and other wide bandgap materials.
Many EDA tool providers are already addressing these issues with advice around design flow and other ways to handle numerous technical challenges. This isn't sufficient, however. In addition to applying new design flow modifications, developers can also apply FIB circuit editing with their early prototypes during de-bug. The same techniques can also be used to explore design optimization opportunities, by quickly and inexpensively implementing and creating physical prototypes that can be tested and validated before committing to the high cost or lengthy timetables of a full mask spin. FIB-edited device prototypes can be used to guide one-time modifications to masks, eliminating the need for a trial-and-error approach with successive versions of masks.
FIB systems have a number of uses in the semiconductor industry, microelectromechanical system fabrication, and biological studies. A primary use of FIB systems in the semiconductor industry is for circuit edit, allowing designers to cut traces or add metal connections within a chip (see Fig. 1). FIB edits can be performed quickly and easily, at a small fraction of the $5 million to $10 million in costs that are typical for a new lot of wafers in a fab. Using today's state-of-the-art equipment, it is possible to edit circuits fabricated with 28 nm and smaller technology nodes that feature multiple-layer metal stacks and occupy flip chip and other advanced chip scale form factors.
Figure 1 Multiple connections and cuts are shown for front-side FIB circuit edit.
FIB circuit edit is performed using a finely focused gallium (Ga+) ion beam with nanoscale resolution. It is possible to image, etch and deposit materials on an IC with an extremely high level of precision. By removing and depositing materials, FIB circuit edit enables designers to cut and connect circuitry within the live device, and to create probe points for electrical test. It is the equivalent of performing microsurgery on IC devices. The high-energy Ga+ beam can mill through conductors, and uses various types of gases to either enhance milling precision or more effectively deposit conductive and dielectric materials). For instance, by using appropriate gas chemistries, a choice of tungsten, platinum or silicon dioxide can be very precisely deposited using the ion beam.
In order to perform circuit edits, the FIB tool is coupled to a CAD navigation system that makes it possible to locate the area of interest. FIB circuit edit typically uses the designer's GDS files to navigate to the precise area. This provides a method to find subsurface features and ensuring that the right edits are made (see Fig. 2). Accurate beam positioning beam is one of the most critical requirements for FIB circuit edit.
Figure 2 CAD layouts are used to perform FIB circuit edits.
There are many uses for FIB circuit edit at every commercially available node. It can be used both to verify design change on the tester, and to validate design change at the system board level. Typical applications include:
- Debugging and optimizing devices that are already in production – FIB circuit edits are often performed once a design flaw has been identified. This ensures that the proposed fix will completely resolve the problem. Designers can repair mask errors and know that the device will work after one and not two mask spins, while simultaneously expediting the next steps by getting working prototypes into customers' hands so they can continue software development. As cycle times in mobile device and other market segments become more and more compressed, avoiding a week of lost cycle time can be extremely important for a successful product roll-out.
- Exploring and validating design changes – more than just simulation that is required to optimize designs. FIB circuit edit goes beyond to the ultimate in emulation capabilities. It enables designers to try derivatives of device designs and observe the results. They can explore options like cut-away fuses or other functional changes, and experiment with them on a live device before committing to the cost or timetable of a complex mask spin.
- Prototyping new devices without costly and time-consuming mask set fabrication – FIB prototype devices are often used to enable next-level testing. This enables developers to get a jumpstart on the next round of device debug and accelerate design cycles. FIB circuit edit eliminates the need for multiple prototype testing rounds and mask modification cycles. Designers can implement and evaluate the results of circuit changes on physical prototypes that will optimize or correct flaws in the design before committing to them in a new mask spin. What would otherwise cost $5 million to $10 million in wafer costs and 6-8 weeks in wafer processing cycle time can be done for hundreds or thousands of dollars in a matter hours, ensuring that only one additional wafer spin will be required.
- Duplicating and scaling fixes: Once a fix has been verified on a prototype using FIB circuit edit, it is possible to duplicate that fix on handful or tens of devices to provide internal test, validation, and qualification teams and even customer samples. By doing this, further system or application development work can then take place in parallel while waiting for the mask spin and final production devices to come back.
- Accelerating time to market: Delivering on time is vitally important to customers. Their product designs are essentially on hold until they can get devices. FIB circuit edit speeds up the entire cycle. It gets customers into production and avoids loss of reputation, or the risk of competitors getting their foot in the door, etc. Some large OEM customers also impose late-delivery penalties that can sometimes reach millions of dollars.
Fig. 3 shows the best approach for integrating FIB circuit edit into the overall IC development and testing process.
Figure 3 FIB circuit edit can be inserted both at the simulation stage and later during de-bug to optimize success rates during the IC design process.
In the power semiconductor arena, most current control products are fabricated using traditional silicon technology, and FIB circuit edit is performed in much the same way with these devices as it is with any other analog or digital circuit. In the future, there is a strong possibility that drivers will move to wide bandgap materials. FIB circuit edit should offer benefits for these devices, as well. SiC, GaN and other wide bandgap semiconductor materials enable power semiconductor devices to withstand high voltages and temperatures, while providing higher frequency response, increased current density and faster switching speeds. At the same time, however, they present complex challenges related to design and characterization, process monitoring and reliability. Challenges become even more difficult at advanced process nodes.
There is a relatively common misperception that FIB circuit edit only works well at 90nm and 65nm process nodes, and that it has "run out of gas" at anything below. This is simply not true. Thanks to tool and methodology advances that have been derived from the experience of dedicated teams running thousands of circuit edit hours/months, FIB circuit edit can now be used for more precise beam guidance, operate in smaller areas, perform more intricate operations on both the back and front sides of the device, and handle copper layers.
A major development area for FIB circuit edit is the ability for tools to provide better aspect ratio for smaller cuts as part of the solution. FIB systems continue deliver greater benefits thanks to advances in areas such as ion beam resolution, operating software and CAD navigation. Ion beam resolution advances, alone, have delivered significant new capabilities that have been critical for recognizing small features, aiding in visual end-pointing, enabling precise CAD alignment, and improving box placement accuracy. Fig. 4 shows resolution advances that have been achieved from 2008 to the present.
Figure 4 The image on the left shows bit lines on a 90nm process in 2008, while the image on the right shows the bit line for a sub-25nm device today. (photo courtesy of DCG Systems)
Tool advances are only part of the story, however. Because FIB tools are not entirely automated, there is no under-estimating the critical importance of FIB operator experience to circuit edit success. For example, endpoint detection, or the ability to know when selected layers of interest have been successfully etched) continues to require a high level of skill in order to achieve high success rates. Operator skill in this area is even more important at smaller geometries, and during particularly challenging FIB operations. Also important is the unique operator knowledge in such areas as IC circuitry, IC process technology, ion milling patterns, and general FIB tool usage basics.
Achieving this expertise can be difficult for an in-house operation. Often, larger semiconductor companies who already conduct some level of circuit edit will augment these resources with external service labs that have deeper and more extensive experience in solving the toughest FIB circuit edit challenges. As for small- and mid-sized companies, few can bear the expense of purchasing a FIB tool that might cost $1 million or more. Even if they could afford the tool, it would be difficult to staff a team with the necessary experience to most effectively operate it. Most companies of this size tend to go directly to an external lab that can implement circuit edits to support basic electrical design characterization or verification of redesign parameter, and offers a full range of debug tools necessary for solving difficult logic failures and other anomalies.
There are numerous prerequisites for FIB circuit edit success, including:
- Tools: High resolution is particularly important at advanced nodes such as 28nm and 20nm. Designs generally require a .1um resolution (or aspect) ratio as well as a trenching approach that supports a finer resolution in order to make these edits. The smallest hole that can be made with today's equipment is 0.1×0.1um with an aspect ratio of 1/20. For most 20nm and 28nm designs, it is impossible to make a small enough hole to reach the target. As a result, specialized FIB techniques are required in order to lower the aspect ratio and gain access to the target. The system must be able to smoothly remove dummy metal above the target metal layer. This also requires deep and extensive knowledge of IC circuitry and processes, FIB tools and ion milling patterns. Figure 5 shows a typical back-side trench.
Figure 5 Today's trenching approaches support fine enough resolutions to enable FIB circuit edits at advanced nodes.
- Backside and frontside editing: Many erroneously believe that flipchip FIB circuit edit can only be performed from the top of the device, and that neither backside or frontside editing are possible. On the contrary, backside edit is frequently the most effective way to operate. This might be true because of substrate material in flipchip packaging, or because of the increased number of metal circuit layers in today's ICs, which makes it harder to reach a lower layer when editing from the top. Fig. 6 shows a back-side FIB circuit edit in which a resistor is introduced across two nodes.
Figure 6 Back-side FIB circuit edit is used to introduce a resistor across two nodes.
In another example, Fig. 7 shows a typical back-side FIB circuit edit in which a probe pad is formed for micro probing.
Figure 7 High-resolution trenching enables edits at advanced nodes. [Image courtesy of FIB International Inc.]
- Handling copper layers: Most 28nm and 20nm devices are copper devices that feature a crystal structure which is very difficult to remove smoothly. Special methods are required, as well as the engineer's experience so that the metal can be removed smoothly with a very high level of quality. Also, accurate beam positioning is more challenging for copper metal devices due to the non-visibility of the circuit patterns. This is also important for aluminum metal devices if there are no unique patterns to recognize on the top level.
- Companion failure analysis and test tools, expertise and capabilities: Because most devices must ultimately find their way into packages, there should be a smooth transition to de-capping or de-lidding the devices and performing micro-probing and other de-bugging tests on FIB-edited parts.
- Front-end expertise: In addition to presenting challenges due to ever-shrinking nano-scale geometrics, semiconductor advanced technology nodes also introduce new front-end materials as processes evolve. FIB circuit edit labs can benefit from being part of a larger lab environment characterized by a significant level of front-end process understanding and materials expertise. Labs that support process R&D activity and yield support will be abel to offer an advantage and insights, as well as other know-how that will help maximize the success of FIB circuit edit strategies.
IC design verification and validation will continue to increase in difficulty as the industry moves down the nano-scale geometry curve. While some may believe that FIB circuit edit is obsolete at today's advanced nodes, it is actually becoming increasingly valuable for improving the success rates for these designs, which often can cost $10 million or more to bring to market. Due to advances in both tool technology and best practices, FIB circuit edit can be used at advanced nodes for a variety of purposes including debugging and validating fixes, as well as earlier in the process to explore opportunities for design optimization, without having to commit to an expensive and time-consuming full mask spin.


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Agri-business patrons support University of Adelaide students through agricultural scholarships
The Roseworthy Campus student fund has awarded five University of Adelaide students agricultural scholarships worth close to $30,000 for 2013.
Recipients include Jackson Adams, Mannum, Hannah Bobrowski, Salisbury North, Felicity Davies, Hahndorf, Emma Goode, Monarto, and Angela Markow, Mile End.
The Chair of the fund's board, Mr Ray Taylor said: "The fund trustees are delighted to offer this substantial support to students at the Roseworthy Campus, but there's still a lot more we'd like to do. This can only happen through the generosity of individuals and companies who are keen to see the University of Adelaide lead in agricultural education."
The fund's patron is prominent agri-business company director and policy maker Mr John Crosby.
The scholarship winners are:
- Jackson Adams, Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences, 1st year, Mannum;
- Hannah Bobrowsk, Bachelor of Science (Veterinary Bioscience), 2nd year, Salisbury North;
- Felicity Davies, Bachelor of Science (1st year Honours) (Animal Science), Hahndorf;
- Emma Goode, Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences, 2nd year, Monarto;
- Angela Markow, Bachelor of Science (Animal Science), 2nd year, Mile End.
The fund was established in 2006 by the Roseworthy old collegian's association. It aims to develop excellence in education, training and research at the campus.
"This support fits very well with the ongoing rejuvenation of the Roseworthy Campus through University, Federal and State Government direct investment of more than $50M over the past 6 years, and with the ongoing development of student facilities on the campus via the student amenities fee," Professor Reid says.


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We've featured Etsy seller iheartneedlework in the past with her crochet viking helmet for cats, but now she's back with something even more fantastic—Star Wars-inspired Darth Vader and Princess Leia crochet hats!
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Kum & Go, Uppy's, Atlas Oil Race Onto Inc. Magazine's Fastest-growing Private Cos. List
C-store companies show double-digit growth in revenue.
NEW YORK -- Several companies operating convenience stores, including Atlas Oil, Kum & Go and Uppy's, made the 2009 Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
Topping the third-annual listing in terms of growth rate was Miami-based Northern Capital Insurance, with year-over-year growth of 19,812.2 percent. Leading the retail sector was Diapers.com, of Montclair, N.J., with $89.4 million in revenue and 3,473.8 percent growth.
In terms of industry, energy and government services top the other industries on the list in terms of revenue growth from last year.
"Savvy trend spotters and those who invest in private companies know that the Inc. 5000 is the best place to find out about both young companies that are achieving success, as well as older private companies that are still expanding at an impressive rate," Inc. 5000 project manager Jim Melloan said in the report. "That's why our list is so eagerly anticipated every year."
Kum & Go led the pack of convenience store companies on the list, placing 3,344 out of 5,000. The West Des Moines, Iowa-based retailer saw $2 billion in revenue last year, a 75.3-percent increase, according to the magazine.
Next on the list of c-store chains, at No. 3,571, was Uppy's, a Chester, Va.-based convenience store retailer with 66.9 percent growth for its $192.9 million in revenue.
Energy companies with convenience chains also made a showing on the list. The highest-ranking energy company with convenience stores on the list was The Lewis Group, based in Houston, at No. 663. The company saw growth of 418.2 percent on revenue of $62.1 million. The Shell-branded wholesaler operates approximately 30 convenience stores in the Houston market.
Next on the list for energy companies was Superior Petroleum, at No. 2,779. The Pittsburgh-based petroleum product wholesaler operates a chain of convenience stores, and generated $177.6 million in revenue last year, a 103.2 percent jump.
Atlas Oil followed on the Inc. 5,000 at No. 4,424, with 34.3 percent growth and $1.2 billion in revenue.
"We're very proud to have been included in this year's Inc. 5000," Sam Simon, chairman and CEO of Atlas Oil, said in a statement. "We look at this recognition as another way to validate not only our strategic plan and ability to execute on our growth objectives, but also as a means to affirm the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit that permeates the culture at Atlas Oil."
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Author | Shubha Kumble | Friday, May 21,2004 8:04 AM
Fountainhead Bangalore has been awarded the BJN Hotels account following a multi-agency pitch. While the size of the account was not disclosed, it is expected to grow into a substantial one. Apart from the responsibilities of its chain of restaurants, Fountainhead will look after the launch of BJN's packaged snack foods in the retail market.
Commenting on why the decision was taken in favour of the agency, Ashok Nath, Branch Head, Fountainhead Bangalore, said, "At Fountainhead, there is very senior level involvement on all work and our commitment to our brands is unmatched. This is something that has stood us in good stead with our existing clients and attracts new clients".
BJN Hotels is a 5-year-old company with interests in restaurants, hotels and now in branded snack foods. According to Nath, while the agency will be involved with communicating on the various restaurants that the Group currently holds and will add on in the future, its main responsibility lies in promoting the packaged snack foods interest of the company.
"For too long the market of savories and 'mithais' have been dominated by a few and its time to shake things up and offer a wider choice to consumers," said Nath. The market is currently dominated by the likes of Haldirams and Frito Lays. While BJN's packaged snacks would be first made available in Bangalore, it will, through a phased approach, expand to the South and is expected to eventually go national.
Though refusing to divulge the exact size of the account, Nath said that it holds the potential to grow substantially in the coming days.
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NYT Coverage of Obama's Graying Hair Irks Hollywood Lib
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Writing at the Huffington Post, actress Jamie Lee Curtis rips the New York Times a new one for doing a front-page piece on Barack Obama's hair turning gray instead of focusing on "things that matter."
Hey Jamie, they don't call the New York Times "The Gray Lady" for nothing. I'm a little concerned though that Obama's getting gray and tired looking after just a few weeks on the job — and maybe that was the point. At this rate by the time his term is up, Obama is going to look like Grady from Sanford & Son.
That said, I agree with Ms. Curtis. I wish the Times would stick to what they do best: writing hard news pieces and tipping off our enemies to U.S. troop movements and secret overseas ops.
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