Delving Into Deep Submicron
			by Donald Smith As technologies shrink, physical design has started to drive the design flow.
		Top-Down Design Strategy Includes DFT
			by Ilan Carmi, John Thomson, and Carol Bagdis How one company used top-down design and DFT to product a new system switching device.
		Focus Report: A Tale of Two ASICs
			by Larry Waller Standard cells that support true system-on-a-chip are emerging as the stars of the CMOS ASIC business.
		Practical State Machine Design Using VHDL
			by Sundar Rajan Like ancient Gaul, all state machines can be divided into three parts...which simplifies their design greatly.
		Editorial
			by Lindsey Vereen A Farewell to Ampersands
		Programmable Notes
			by Larry Waller Industry Eyes Are On Altera
		EDA Platform
			by Steven E. Schulz A Yen for Harmony
		Viewpoint
			by Allan Wallack How Will Anyone Verify Million-Gate Designs?
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