The instruction cache is a popular target for optimizations of microprocessor-based systems because of the cache’s high impact on system performance and power, and because of th...
Dynamic configuration techniques such as DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) and turning on/off computers are well known ways to promote energy consumption reduction in w...
Carlos Santana, Julius C. B. Leite, Daniel Moss&ea...
Structured ASICs provide an exciting middle ground between FPGA and ASIC design methodologies. Compared to ASIC, structured ASIC based designs require lower non recurring engineer...
We describe an optimization strategy for minimizing total power consumption using dual threshold voltage (Vth) technology. Significant power savings are possible by simultaneous a...
David Nguyen, Abhijit Davare, Michael Orshansky, D...
- The use of synthesizable reconfigurable cores in system on chip (SoC) designs is increasingly becoming a trend. Such domain-special cores are being used for their flexibility, po...
Zhenyu Liu, Tughrul Arslan, Sami Khawam, Iain Lind...