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Design for reliability with the advanced integrated circuit (IC) technology: challenges and opportunities

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61604095) and Shanghai Natural Science Fund (Grant No. 19ZR1475300).

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Ji, Z., Chen, H. & Li, X. Design for reliability with the advanced integrated circuit (IC) technology: challenges and opportunities. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 62, 226401 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2643-5

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