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DAC
2000
ACM
14 years 7 days ago
Macro-driven circuit design methodology for high-performance datapaths
Datapath design is one of the most critical elements in the design of a high performance microprocessor. However datapath design is typically done manually, and is often custom st...
Mahadevamurty Nemani, Vivek Tiwari
ASPDAC
2006
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Depth-driven verification of simultaneous interfaces
The verification of modern computing systems has grown to dominate the cost of system design, often with limited success as designs continue to be released with latent bugs. This t...
Ilya Wagner, Valeria Bertacco, Todd M. Austin
DATE
2004
IEEE
126views Hardware» more  DATE 2004»
13 years 11 months ago
Low Static-Power Frequent-Value Data Caches
: Static energy dissipation in cache memories will constitute an increasingly larger portion of total microprocessor energy dissipation due to nanoscale technology characteristics ...
Chuanjun Zhang, Jun Yang 0002, Frank Vahid
DAC
2005
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
StressTest: an automatic approach to test generation via activity monitors
The challenge of verifying a modern microprocessor design is an overwhelming one: Increasingly complex micro-architectures combined with heavy time-to-market pressure have forced ...
Ilya Wagner, Valeria Bertacco, Todd M. Austin
MICRO
2007
IEEE
167views Hardware» more  MICRO 2007»
14 years 2 months ago
Informed Microarchitecture Design Space Exploration Using Workload Dynamics
Program runtime characteristics exhibit significant variation. As microprocessor architectures become more complex, their efficiency depends on the capability of adapting with wor...
Chang-Burm Cho, Wangyuan Zhang, Tao Li