Questions tagged [process]
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Why does a processor get hot?
I would like to understand how the computation process causes the processor to get hot. I understand that the heat is generated by the transistors.
How does the transistors generate the heat exactly?
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How to find out if a microprocessor is powerful enough
Everybody knows its easy to develop a proof of concept for an embedded device on a rasbperry pi or even a PC, although when it comes down to choosing a microprocessor for your product, it is difficult ...
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DIN Rail Logic Gate
I'm not an expert in electronics and need a bit of guidance. At work, we want to implement an alarm that sound when a process is running (or starting) but the air for cooling is not on.
The alarm does ...
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How do integrated circuit design companies create their datasheets?
Especially for something like a microprocessor.
I assume the majority of information is "auto-generated" or we'd see a lot more typos and errors.
A laughable scenario keeps popping into my head ...
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what do the nm or µm for a process technology refer to e.g 22nm process technology for device fabrication
There are many "process technologies" that exist to fabricate circuits on silicon. They are mainly differentiated based on size of some feature. Here is the list of them:
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VHDL: when is process sensitivity list triggered?
In VHDL simulation, there is a concept of "delta time," which is loosely interpreted as "group of events triggered by the previous delta time." After a change, once all cascading changes have settled, ...
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Why is CVD not used in the manufacture of NMOS gate oxides?
I know that chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a vacuum deposition method used to produce high-quality, high-performance solid materials. The process is often used in the manufacture of semiconductors ...
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VHDL process, nested if statement execution
I am relearning VHDL and have a question about the code below. This is from a tutorial I have been following. When a button is pressed, an LED gets turned on after the person releases their finger ...
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VHDL multiple signal drivers
I am trying to learn good vhdl design methodologies. I was trying to find some advises about multiple signal drivers. Unfortunatelly without success. My question is if it is good idea to have signal ...
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What is the shortest possible *channel length* in a currently available commercial CMOS process?
I'm aware that terms like "5 nm", "7 nm" for the latest technology nodes no longer refer to any linear dimension of the transistors, although I have seen some interpretations in ...
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Can a flip flop possibly work at over 800MHz? [closed]
As I know, the setup time is at least required time for data to become stable at the input of a FF before the sensitive clock edge. Hold time is the required time for data to remain stable after the ...
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How do I translate product requirements into components, schematics, and programming?
I graduated with a degree in electrical engineering, but a) I've been doing mostly project management since, b) I didn't get my ADHD diagnosed until after I graduated, and c) I feel like inappropriate ...
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What's the typical distribution of fabric speed grades in produced dies?
Let's say I produce 1000 FPGAs, what percentage of these 1000 FPGAs are considered super fast, fast, medium, and slow? Does it look like a normal distribution, exponential, linear, etc.? Does anyone ...
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What is the effect of this delayed statement in the following process?
Hi guys in the following process how the delayed assignment should be interpreted?
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How can I deposit metallic electrodes on a temperature-sensitive wafer?
How can I deposit metallic contacts on a wafer in a process that won't heat the wafer above 80C? The size of the electrodes should be around 1mm2.
The wafer could be glass or silicon, coated with a ...
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VHDL: How to only update register at rising edge of the clock?
I have a counter called lastelem_reg. At the rising edge of each clock, it should check whether another signal enqueue is HIGH. If it is, then lastelem_reg will be incremented by 1 in the next clock, ...
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loop synthesis vhdl
Suppose we have an iterative algorithm like:
r(j) := f(r(j-1))
r(0) := value
And that vhdl i implemened a process for such algorithms (assuming a bit of ...
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Microcontroller and FPGA Manufacturing Process Technology and Size
I'm comparing the power consumption of several microcontrollers, FPGAs and an ASIC I've developed, which all perform the same task. For a fair comparison the current consumption must be scaled due to ...
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How to fix this VHDL error
I am getting an error in my VHDL code. It says "[Synth 8-27] else clause after check for clock not supported". Why is this?
Below is the code:
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Learning process automation starting from general engineering background [closed]
I'd like to study process automation by myself, could you suggest a good entry-level book to start with?
I have engineering college math level and I remember a bit of Laplace transforms to model ...
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VHDL signals with initialized values
This is my code:
And this is the testbench:
I am a VHDL beginner, and now I am trying to understand how 'Process' works.
I know that signals get the value only in the end of the process.
At t=0, the ...
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decapsulating a MOSFET to create a bulk terminal
In my project, I would be using NMOS' and it would be very handy for me to have a bulk terminal. Since my choices of NMOS parts don't have bulk terminal, I was wondering if I could somehow decapsulate ...
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How to find out which process triggered join_any in verilog
I have three tasks running in parallel and the fork joins when one of them gets completed. I would like to know which one was completed first and caused the fork to join. Is there a way to know it?
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What process (nm) are Microchip SAM D 21 microcontrollers made on?
I'm assuming that the whole family is made on the same process, but specifically I'm looking for ATSAMD21G18A series.
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Power MOSFET versus regular MOSFET Silicon Layers
I am having some difficulties differentiating between a power MOSFET process and a regular MOSFET process. Here is a regular MOSFET silicon layer stackup:
The n+ doped region for the source and ...
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How to calculate the number of pages of a process, and the size of the page table(in bytes)?
I just need a second opinion on the result that I got for a question to see if it is right.
I am dealing with a computer system using paging, where the address space space of every process has a size ...
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Xilinx Line <read_line> has not enough elements for target <input_b> for the file with more than one line
I have a file each line of which includes two 9 bits inputs. Here is an example of this file:
input_vectors.txt:
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Lead-lag process control
What is the locus of the following system, and for what value of \$\alpha\$ is the damping ratio 0.5?
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