Designing "Vary" Good Circuitry

Statistical Analysis and Optimization for VLSI: Timing and Power, by Ashish Srivastava, Dennis Sylvester, and David Blaauw (Springer, 2005, ISBN 0-38-725738-1, 279 pp., $129). Variation-tolerant techniques based on statistical design have been the focus of intense research over the past few years. This book is the first detailed survey of developments in this field; it is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning about the topic, as well as a practitioner or researcher seeking a quick reference. Users of statistical analysis and optimization CAD tools will find it invaluable because it provides the background required to separate the wheat from the chaff.