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ATS
2009
IEEE
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13 years 5 months ago
M-IVC: Using Multiple Input Vectors to Minimize Aging-Induced Delay
Negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) has been a significant reliability concern in current digital circuit design due to its effect of increasing the path delay with time a...
Song Jin, Yinhe Han, Lei Zhang 0008, Huawei Li, Xi...
ASPDAC
2007
ACM
117views Hardware» more  ASPDAC 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Short-Circuit Compiler Transformation: Optimizing Conditional Blocks
Abstract-- We present the short-circuit code transformation technique, intended for embedded compilers. The transformation technique optimizes conditional blocks in high-level prog...
Mohammad Ali Ghodrat, Tony Givargis, Alex Nicolau
ARVLSI
1999
IEEE
94views VLSI» more  ARVLSI 1999»
13 years 11 months ago
Optimal Clocking and Enhanced Testability for High-Performance Self-Resetting Domino Pipelines
We describe a method to clock the domino pipeline at the maximum rate by using soft synchronizers between pipeline stages and thus allowing "time borrowing," i.e., allow...
Ayoob E. Dooply, Kenneth Y. Yun
GECCO
2007
Springer
169views Optimization» more  GECCO 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
An evolutionary platform for developing next-generation electronic circuits
In this paper, a new method for evolving simple electronic circuits is discussed, with the aim of improving the reliability and performance of basic circuit blocks. Next-generatio...
James A. Hilder, Andy M. Tyrrell
DATE
2007
IEEE
88views Hardware» more  DATE 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Trade-off design of analog circuits using goal attainment and "Wave Front" sequential quadratic programming
One of the main tasks in analog design is the sizing of the circuit parameters, such as transistor lengths and widths, in order to obtain optimal circuit performances, such as hig...
Daniel Mueller, Helmut E. Graeb, Ulf Schlichtmann