IEEE Micro 
July/August 2003 
http://www.computer.org/micro/ 



Features 

14 Trends and Challenges in VLSI Circuit Reliability 
Cristian Constantinescu 

Microcode Processing: Positioning and Directions 
Stamatis Vassiliadis, Stephan Wong, and Sorin Cotofana 

A Programmable State Machine Architecture for Packet Processing 
Wangyang Lai and Chin-Tau Lea 

A Case for Studying DRAM Issues at the System Level 
Bruce Jacob 

Strategies for Mapping Algorithms to Mediaprocessors for High Performance 
Kerem Karadayi, Vishal Markandey, Jeremiah Golston, Robert J. Gove, and Yongmin Kim 

The Use and Abuse of SPEC: An ISCA Panel 
Moderator: John Hennessy; Panelists: Daniel Citron, David Patterson, and Guri Sohi 

Special Report 
CSIDC: Competing students design real-world systems 
Alan Clements 

Columns and Departments 

Editor-in-Chief's Message 
Adapting old paradigms to meet new challenges 

News 
Intel's earnings double in quarter; tiny bubbles key in future liquid-cooled systems; chip diet tests Cisco's resolve; Intel to release machine learning libraries; and proposal in to fit eight Alpha cores onto a chip. 

Micro Economics 
Moore meets Malthus in multiples 

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