How Long to Read Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom

How Long Does it Take to Read Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom?

It takes the average reader 7 hours to read Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom by David Chinnery

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

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by Kurt Keutzer Those looking for a quick overview of the book should fast-forward to the Introduction in Chapter 1. What follows is a personal account of the creation of this book. The challenge from Earl Killian, formerly an architect of the MIPS processors and at that time Chief Architect at Tensilica, was to explain the significant performance gap between ASICs and custom circuits designed in the same process generation. The relevance of the challenge was amplified shortly thereafter by Andy Bechtolsheim, founder of Sun Microsystems and ubiquitous investor in the EDA industry. At a dinner talk at the 1999 International Symposium on Physical Design, Andy stated that the greatest near-term opportunity in CAD was to develop tools to bring the performance of ASIC circuits closer to that of custom designs. There seemed to be some synchronicity that two individuals so different in concern and character would be pre-occupied with the same problem. Intrigued by Earl and Andy’s comments, the game was afoot. Earl Killian and other veterans of microprocessor design were helpful with clues as to the sources of the performance discrepancy: layout, circuit design, clocking methodology, and dynamic logic. I soon realized that I needed help in tracking down clues. Only at a wonderful institution like the University of California at Berkeley could I so easily commandeer an ab- bodied graduate student like David Chinnery with a knowledge of architecture, circuits, computer-aided design and algorithms.

How long is Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom?

Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom by David Chinnery is 414 pages long, and a total of 105,156 words.

This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 34 minutes to read Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom aloud.

What Reading Level is Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom?

Closing the Gap Between ASIC & Custom is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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