Optimal distributed computing resources for mask synthesis and tape-out in production environment - An economic analysis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5992, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Cork, Chris ^a   Chacko, Manoj ^a   Levi, Shimon ^b  

^a SYNOPSYS INC   (United States)

^b TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amdahl's Law; Distributed processing; Economics; OPC; Tape out

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

AMDAHL'S LAW; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; OPC; TAPE-OUT;

MASKS;

EID: 33644591583     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.637424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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