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DAC
1996
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Using Register-Transfer Paths in Code Generation for Heterogeneous Memory-Register Architectures
In this paper we address the problem of code generation for basic blocks in heterogeneous memory-register DSP processors. We propose a new a technique, based on register-transfer ...
Guido Araujo, Sharad Malik, Mike Tien-Chien Lee
DAC
1996
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A Parallel Precorrected FFT Based Capacitance Extraction Program for Signal Integrity Analysis
In order to optimize interconnect to avoid signal integrity problems, very fast and accurate 3-D capacitance extraction is essential. Fast algorithms, such as the multipole or prec...
Narayan R. Aluru, V. B. Nadkarni, James White
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A C-Based RTL Design Verification Methodology for Complex Microprocessor
Cr, As the complexity of high-performance microprocessor increases, functional verification becomes more and more difficult and RTL simulation emerges as the bottleneck of the des...
Joon-Seo Yim, Yoon-Ho Hwang, Chang-Jae Park, Hoon ...
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Cluster Refinement for Block Placement
Jin Xu, Pei-Ning Guo, Chung-Kuan Cheng
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Architectural Exploration Using Verilog-Based Power Estimation: A Case Study of the IDCT
We describe an architectural design space exploration methodology that minimizes the energy dissipation of digital circuits. The centerpiece of our methodology is a Verilog-based ...
Thucydides Xanthopoulos, Yoshifumi Yaoi, Anantha C...
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
System Level Fixed-Point Design Based on an Interpolative Approach
The design process for xed-point implementations either in software or in hardware requires a bit-true speci cation of the algorithm in order to analyze quantization e ects on an...
Markus Willems, Volker Bürsgens, Holger Kedin...
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
ATPG for Heat Dissipation Minimization During Scan Testing
An ATPG technique is proposed that reduces heat dissipation during testing of sequential circuits that have full-scan. The objective is to permit safe and inexpensive testing of l...
Seongmoon Wang, Sandeep K. Gupta
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A Power Estimation Framework for Designing Low Power Portable Video Applications
This paper presents a power evaluation framework designed for estimating power consumption of a new video telephone compression standard, ITU-H.263, at the system level. A hierarc...
Chi-Ying Tsui, Kai-Keung Chan, Qing Wu, Chih-Shun ...
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
STARBIST: Scan Autocorrelated Random Pattern Generation
This paper presents a new scan-based BIST scheme which achieves very high fault coverage without the deficiencies of previously proposed schemes. This approach utilizes scan order...
Kun-Han Tsai, Sybille Hellebrand, Janusz Rajski, M...
DAC
1997
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
A Hybrid Algorithm for Test Point Selection for Scan-Based BIST
Huan-Chih Tsai, Kwang-Ting Cheng, Chih-Jen Lin, Su...