As the number of cores on a single-chip grows, scalable barrier synchronization becomes increasingly difficult to implement. In software implementations, such as the tournament ba...
We present a new min-cut based placement algorithm for large scale sea-of-gates arrays. In the past all such algorithms used a xed cut line sequence that is determined before min...
Early circuit performance estimation and easy-to-apply methods for minimum-delay gate sizing are needed, in order to enhance circuit’s performance and to increase designers’ pr...
Line detection algorithms constitute the basis for technical document analysis and recognition. The performance of these algorithms decreases as the quality of the documents degra...
In this paper the Northrhine-Westphalian metacomputing initiative is described. We start by discussing various general aspects of metacomputing and explain the reasons for founding...