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Cryptic Crossword for VLSI/PD Engineers

(Key is available below down in the next page)

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Across

1.       Use this to catapult to a higher potential area (5,7)

2.       The mega store expanded to accommodate the law man (5)

3.       A pleasure trip encountered stiff resistance at the start, ends up connecting the dots         (7)

4.       Part of the astrological sign, when churned, clearly presents the behavior (5)

5.       The age that worries every consumer and get them charged up (7)

6.       “Ye fevicol se bhi majboot jod hai, tutega nahi”, in pure gold (4, 7)

7.       No, you cannot just add a ten to brother. That’s a violation (7)

8.       Did wonderful, inside Intel, long back, this right noise (5)

9.       Convert dance step as a method of qualifying (4,2,5)

10.   Fortify the entrance with this to reduce charged trespassers with more potassium (5)

11.   Current friction means paying a penalty to the potential (2, 4)

12.   On time pickup and drop of data is the essence of a chips’ life (5, 4)

 

Down

13.   No Watson, it ain’t some code written on a tree trunk. Its highly abstract to deduce (7)

14.   Sounds like, en masse this active species is faster than their counterparts (4)

15.   Once the Business Units are fired in buffets and better organized, they work amazingly well (7)

16.   Unlike the bellandur one, this seems to be polluted by a regular drink (6, 4)

17.   This, with a galaxy of nodes, wires, shows the path   (8)

18.   One needs to clear off these twins physically to get on the tape  (3,3)

19.   Check if the Design DNA is not altered           (11)

20.   Remove this now. Let not those nets choke for lack of space (10)

21.   Worry not, cast your die. There is a protective wall around it (4,4)

22.   Test the rolled cans; segregate if not ok (4)

 

9         Stitch in Potassium to model all that cannot be modeled (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Across

1.       Use this to catapult to a higher potential area (5,7)

a.       Higher potential area is higher voltage.

2.       The mega store expanded to accommodate the law man (5)

a.       Mega store is MORE and expand to get MOORE, the MOORE’s law

3.       A pleasure trip encountered stiff resistance at the start, ends up connecting the dots         (7)

a.       Pleasure trip is OUTING. Resistance R is at the start

4.       Part of the astrological sign, when churned, clearly presents the behavior (5)

a.       PISCES -> part of it PISCE -> churn to get SPICE, displays behaviour

5.       The age that worries every consumer and get them charged up (7)

a.       LEAKAGE makes every consumer to charge their appliances

6.       “Ye fevicol se bhi majboot jod hai, tutega nahi”, in pure gold (4, 7)

a.       WIRE BONDING in gold. Strong bonding

7.       No, you cannot just add a ten to brother. That’s a violation (7)

a.       Brother is ANNA. Add TEN to brother gives anTENna. That’s a violation name

8.       Did wonderful, inside Intel, long back, this right noise (5)

a.       NOISE when made right, i.e. corrected is NOYCE.

9.       Convert dance step as a method of qualifying (4,2,5)

a.       Convert “dance step” anagrams to ‘scan at speed’ which is a method of testing

10.   Fortify the entrance with this to reduce charged trespassers with more potassium (5)

a.       Reduce leakage, we used HIGHK poly

11.   Current friction means paying a penalty to the potential (2, 4)

a.       IR drop

12.   On time pickup and drop of data is the essence of a chips’ life (5, 4)

a.       Setup, Hold

 

Down

13.   No Watson, it ain’t some code written on a tree trunk. Its highly abstract to deduce (7)

a.       Tree trunk is LOG. Abstract code is verilog

14.   Sounds like, en masse this active species is faster than their counterparts (4)

a.       Active species -> NMOS. More mobility than PMOS

15.   Once the Business Units are fired in buffets and better organized, they work amazingly well (7)

a.       In buffets -> remove BU -> In ffets -> better organize -> finfets

16.   Unlike the bellandur one, this seems to be polluted by a regular drink (6, 4)

a.       Regular drink is COFFEE

17.    This, with a galaxy of nodes, wires, shows the path  (8)

a.       MILKYWAY

18.   One needs to clear off these twins physically to get on the tape  (3,3)

a.       LVS, DRC

19.   Check if the Design DNA is not altered           (11)

a.       Functionality is not changed -> check is Equivalence

20.   Remove this now. Let not those nets choke for lack of space (10)

a.       Congestion

21.   Worry not, cast your die. There is a protective wall around it (4,4)

a.       SEAL RING is the compound wall for the DIE

22.   Test the rolled cans; segregate if not ok (4)

a.       CANS -> ROLL to get SCAN.

 

                                                                           i.      Stitch in Potassium to model all that cannot be modeled (4)

Potassium is K; Stitch -> SEW. Insert K in SEW -> SKEW

check out the blog on Making of Upma below

https://thesatyase.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-making-of-upma-by-pd-engineer.html