The cost functions used to evaluate logic synthesis transformations for FPGAs are far removed from the final speed and routability determined after placement, routing and timing a...
This paper presents the Block Processing Engine (BPE), an Application Specific Instruction-Set Processor (ASIP) explicitly designed for the implementation of multistandard wireles...
Daniele Lo Iacono, J. Zory, Ettore Messina, N. Pia...
In the context of nanoscale networks-on-chip (NoCs), each link implementation solution is not just a specific synthesis optimization technique with local performance and power im...
Daniele Ludovici, Georgi Nedeltchev Gaydadjiev, Da...
A Module-Rased design flow for digital ICs with hard and sofl modules is presented. Versions of the sofl modules are implemented with different areddelay characteristics. The vers...
Thermal effects are becoming increasingly important during integrated circuit design. Thermal characteristics influence reliability, power consumption, cooling costs, and performan...