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IC DESIGN

IC DESIGN 2.7

complexity and gate count increase, power and heat dissipation begin to become a serious issue. As
transistor features sizes shrink to submicron sizes, new and challenging electrical problems begin to
emerge. Designers must keep these issues in mind when creating ICs.
For the past 40 years, IC design has been steadily moving away from manual, gate-level schematic
entry and continues to do so. CAD tools and HDLs are making it easier to develop complex ICs, and
as these tools improve and become more sophisticated, are allowing for nearly optimal IC imple-
mentations.

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