Under-the-cell routing to improve manufacturability

The progressive miniaturization of technology and the unequal scalability of the BEOL and FEOL layers aggravate the routing congestion problem and have a negative impact on manufacturability. Standard cells are designed in a way that they can be treated as black boxes during physical design. However, this abstraction often prevents an efficient use of its internal free resources. This paper proposes an effective approach for using internal routing resources without sacrificing modularity. By using cell generation tools for regular layouts, libraries are enriched with cell instances that have lateral pins and allow under-the-cell connections between adjacent cells, thus reducing pin count, via count and routing congestion. An approach to generate cells with regular layouts and lateral pins is proposed. Additionally, algorithms to maximize the impact of under-the-cell routing are presented. The proposed techniques are integrated in an industrial design flow. Experimental results show a significant reduction of design rule check violations with negligible impact on timing.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Adolf Hitler, Friedrich Delitzsch y el antisemitismo en los estudios bíblicos

Some German biblical scholars held anti-Semitic views in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Those anti-Semitic ideas surpassed the strict boundaries of the academic sphere and were adopted by Nazi ideologists. This paper deals with the specific case of Friedrich Delitzsch, whose proposals were accepted by Adolf Hitlerhimself and used in his anti-Semitic discourse

Pere Bosch Gimpera y los estudios de historia antigua del Próximo Oriente : maestros, influencias y carencias

El objetivo del presente artículo es el de analizar la figura de Pere Bosch Gimpera y su relación con los estudios sobre el Próximo Oriente Antiguo, tanto en su etapa de formación como en su trayectoria profesional posterior.The aim of this paper is to analyze the figure of Pere Bosch Gimpera and his links with Ancient Near Eastern Studies, both during his student years and his academic career

A. Bernabé / J. A. Álvarez-Pedrosa (eds.), Orientalística en tiempos de crisis. Actas del VI Congreso Nacional del Centro de Estudios del Próximo Oriente. Pórtico, Zaragoza 2015. ISBN : 978-84-7956-142-0 (€46)

Obra ressenyada: A. BERNABÉ / J. A. ÁLVAREZ-PEDROSA (eds.), Orientalística en tiempos de crisis. Actas del VI Congreso Nacional del Centro de Estudios del Próximo Oriente. Zaragoza: Pórtico, 2015

J. Maluquer de Motes, Tartessos. La ciudad sin historia (estudio preliminar de Mª Eugenia Aubet y Francisco Gracia). Urgoiti : Pamplona. ISBN: 978-84-940991-8-2 (€16)

Obra ressenyada: J. MALUQUER DE MOTES, Tartessos. La ciudad sin historia. Pamplona: Urgoiti, 2016

Max-Luis Aldrey Pereira, a pioneer of Assyriology in Spain

El objetivo de este artículo es el de analizar la figura de Max-Luis Aldrey Pereira, pionero de la Asiriología en España, a partir del estudio de bibliografía especializada, noticias de prensa y documentación de archivo. Concretamente, nos centramos en el análisis de tres puntos principales: su biografía (prestando especial atención a su compromiso ideológico con Falange), su obra asiriológica y su proyecto para la creación de una Facultad de Estudios Orientales en Madrid. El trabajo llevado a cabo permite no únicamente una mejor comprensión del personaje, sino también avanzar en la reconstrucción de la historia de la Orientalística Antigua en EspañaThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the figure of Max-Luis Aldrey Pereira, pioneer of Assyriology in Spain, using specialized bibliography, press news and archival sources. Specifically, we focus on the analysis of three main points: his biography (paying special attention to his ideological commitment to the Falange), his Assyriological work and his project for the creation of a Faculty of Oriental Studies in Madrid. The work carried out provides a better understanding of Aldrey and enable to advance in the reconstruction of the history of Ancient Near Eastern Studies in SpainEl artículo se ha escrito en el marco del proyecto de investigación “Origen de la Orientalística Antigua en España” (HAR2017-82593-P

Pandering Judges

Tenured public officials such as judges are often thought to be indifferent to theconcerns of the electorate and, as a result, potentially lacking in discipline butunlikely to pander to public opinion. We investigate this proposition empiricallyusing data on promotion decisions taken by senior English judges between 1985 and2005. Throughout this period the popular view was one of ill-disciplined elitism:senior judges were alleged to be favouring candidates from elite backgrounds overtheir equally capable non-elite counterparts. We find no evidence of such illdiscipline;most of the unconditional difference in promotion prospects between thetwo groups can simply be explained by differences in promotion-relevantcharacteristics. However, exploiting an unexpected proposal to remove control overpromotions from the judiciary, we do find evidence of pandering. When faced by theprospect of losing autonomy, senior judges began to favour non-elite candidates, aswell as candidates who were unconnected to members of the promotion committee.Our finding that tenured public officials can display both the upsides and downsidesof electoral accountability has implications for the literature on political agency, aswell as recent constitutional reforms.Electoral Accountability, Judges, Promotion Decisions