Interactive multimedia (inm) relates to the network delivery of rich digital content, including audio and video, to client devices

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11.8. Conclusiones
Through these two case studies within the ATM domain, we have shown the main common characteristics to telecommunication ASIC design. Briefly speaking, these features are the following:

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  Different clock domains can coexist and, therefore, techniques to reduce the probability of having a metaestable behavior have to be applied in the design.
  
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  High throughput networks imply dealing with high frequency clock designs (hundreds of megahertzs).
  
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  FIFO Memories are usually needed to either separate different clock domains or store information before accessing a common resource.
  
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  Designs are mainly dominated by the presence of registers.
  

11.9. Bibliography
[Yam, 97]
Yamada, H.,M. Tunotani, F. Kaneyama and S. Seki. [1997] "20.8 Gb/s LSI's Self-Routing Switch for ATM Switching Systems" Journal of Solid State Circuits, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 97, pp. 31-38.
[Pry, 95]
Prycker, M. de "Asyncronous Transfer Mode. Solution for Broadband ISDN".Third edition, Prentice Hall, 1995
A good reference book on ATM standards by one of the ATM gurus
[Tan, 96]
Tanembaum, A. "Computer Networks".Third edition, Prentice Hall International, 1996.
A classical book on computer networks to understand telecommunication fundamentals
[Par, 94]
Partridge, C. "Gigabit Neworking" Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1994
A very well written book on the concepts behind ATM networks.
[Bha, 95]
Bhaskaran, V. y Konstantinides, K. "Image and Video Compression Standards. Algorithms and Architectures" Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Kluwer Academic Publishers.1995
A book to understand the fundamentals of video compression

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EJM 09/2/1999