Intellectual property (IP) reuse based system design is becoming an industry standard recently. However, current educational system is not effective in the training of engineers who design by reuse and design for reuse. In this paper, we report our experience at the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) in introducing the concept of design reuse into the introductory digital logic desig...

The paper studies bilateral contracting with endogenous property rights. Players engage in costly ex post adjustment of ex ante contract. After ex ante agreement on surplus sharing, players invest irreversibly production. Player costs of altering ex ante contract are transaction costs of three kinds: measurement, information and enforcement costs. Each player chooses an action which incurs tran...

The primary objective of this paper is to test informational efficiency of the A random walk test is performed for weak-form efficiency. In addition, day of the week effects are investigated to test semi-strong form efficiency. Empirical results verify that the İSE Composite Index is neither weak-form nor semi-strong form efficient although the nature and degree of inefficiency differ across pe...

In order to build energy efficient digital CMOS circuits, the supply voltage must be reduced to near-threshold. Problematically, due to random parameter variation, supply scaling reduces circuit robustness to noise. Moreover, the effects of parameter variation worsen as device dimensions diminish, further reducing robustness, and making parameter variation one of the most significant hurdles to...

The Internet Standards Process [1] requires that all IETF Standards Track specifications must have "multiple, independent, and interoperable implementations" before they can be advanced beyond Proposed Standard status. This document specifies the process which the IESG will use to determine if a MIB specification document meets these requirements. It also discusses the rationale for this proces...

* [email protected] Abstract The purpose of this paper is to name and discuss some of the most basic issues in today’s optical microlithography, promoting industry consensus and, specifically, definition of the industry standard Patterning Design Rules (PDR), that is, Design Rules for “patterns as built”. Dimensional metrology for seamless PDR compliance is discussed, highlighting th...