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Prashant Maniar

Prashant Maniar is Chief Strategy Officer for Stratosphere Solutions Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.

Dealing With Shades Of Gray

By Prashant Maniar, January 11, 2007

The phrase "knowledge is power" applies particularly when the semiconductor industry grapples with comprehending the impact of variability and improving parametric yields. Statistical static timing analysis, viewed as the panacea for parametric yield iss
The Process Intelligence Gap

By Prashant Maniar, March 27, 2006

Design rules and Spice models continue to be the primary vehicles used to communicate semiconductor manufacturing -process information. Development of rules and models is accomplished via electrical measurement of simple test structures, technology-comput