Lau: 161 books

A comprehensive guide to 3D IC integration and packaging technology 3D IC Integration and Packaging fully explains the latest microelectronics techniques for increasing chip density and maximizing performance while reducing power consumption. Based on a course developed by its author, this...

A comprehensive guide to TSV and other enabling technologies for 3D integration Written by an expert with more than 30 years of experience in the electronics industry, Through-Silicon Vias for 3D Integration provides cutting-edge information on TSV, wafer thinning, thin-wafer handling, microbumping...

The book provides a comprehensive coverage of the widely accepted desiderata of component-based software development, as well as the foundations that these desiderata necessitate. Its unique focus is on component models, the cornerstone of component-based software development. In addition, it presents...

Our personal relationship with our loved one is probably the most important relationship in our lifetime. We treasure the relationship. We look forward to seeing our loved ones when we come home. However, we should not take our relationship for granted. No matter how close we might have been, we would...

Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies examines language in contemporary Africa by positioning language at the center of interrelationships between individuals, society, and culture. Because of how language permeates every aspect of human existence within each society, this book has...

The purpose of the book is not to further debate the pros and cons of teacher tenure. Rather it examines the critical elements to better prepare teachers for the tenure application and the tenure decision makers to make better informed evaluation. Teacher Tenure: An Analysis of the Critical Elements...

IBM Rational Application Developer is a very important tool for developers, but it is also a complex product. An Introduction to IBM Rational Application Developer, A Guided Tour is designed to jumpstart the learning process with its focus on interactive hands-on learning through a wide variety of...

Découvrez le passé de l'Agent 47, le fameux " Hitman " de la franchise d'infiltration de Square Enix. L'agent 47 est l'un des tueurs à gages les plus efficaces de la planète : discret, méthodique et sans pitié. Mais avant de travailler pour la mystérieuse I.C.A., lui et son agent...

Based on repeat interviews from a range of generational perspectives, this book explores the nature of contemporary British Chinese households and childhoods, examining the extent to which parents identify themselves as being Chinese and how decisions to uphold or move away from 'traditional' Chinese values impacts on their child-rearing methods.

Dedicated first healer of the luxurious city Sinait, Chal'Te receives a late visit of his good friend Sem'Ai. The wise and friendly scholar has come to the doctor with a purpose and insists on a thorough check-up to be helped with a growing itch… A Sinait short story (Sinait 1.5)

When a pharmaceutical corporation loses control of a weaponized pathogen, the resulting anarchy transforms the average mid-Western city of Red Mesa into a quarantined battleground. Overrun with roving bands of mercenary death squads, nightmarish creatures, and countless undead, the stage is set for...

At the time of their graduation, wizards summon a creature to become their aid through life. Responding to a dare, Yuval of Aelion performs this summon far before his time. In punishment for the transgression he is banished from Aelion, his summon sealed away. Disgraced, he vows to recover his rightful...

For Tatsuya Tobe everything has a price, it's just a matter of finding the right combination of numbers. He has never been told "no" more than once, so the word just doesn't register in his vocabulary. Or at least, it didn't until he met gorgeous blue-eyed Ivan, who refused each and every offer he...

This book introduces novel solutions to the rendezvous problem in distributed systems, a fundamental problem that underpins the construction of many important functions in distributed systems and networks. The book covers rendezvous theories, distributed rendezvous algorithms, and rendezvous applications...