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ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Scheduling with soft constraints
In a behavioral synthesis system, a typical approach used to guide the scheduler is to impose hard constraints on the relative timing between operations considering performance, a...
Jason Cong, Bin Liu, Zhiru Zhang
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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DynaTune: Circuit-level optimization for timing speculation considering dynamic path behavior
Traditional circuit design focuses on optimizing the static critical paths no matter how infrequently these paths are exercised dynamically. Circuit optimization is then tuned to ...
Lu Wan, Deming Chen
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Pad assignment for die-stacking System-in-Package design
Wire bonding is the most popular method to connect signals between dies in System-in-Package (SiP) design nowadays. Pad assignment, which assigns inter-die signals to die pads so ...
Yu-Chen Lin, Wai-Kei Mak, Chris Chu, Ting-Chi Wang
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Operating system scheduling for efficient online self-test in robust systems
Very thorough online self-test is essential for overcoming major reliability challenges such as early-life failures and transistor aging in advanced technologies. This paper demon...
Yanjing Li, Onur Mutlu, Subhasish Mitra
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Adaptive sampling for efficient failure probability analysis of SRAM cells
In this paper, an adaptive sampling method is proposed for the statistical SRAM cell analysis. The method is composed of two components. One part is the adaptive sampler that manip...
Javid Jaffari, Mohab Anis
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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A study of Through-Silicon-Via impact on the 3D stacked IC layout
Dae Hyun Kim, Krit Athikulwongse, Sung Kyu Lim
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Memory organization and data layout for instruction set extensions with architecturally visible storage
Present application specific embedded systems tend to choose instruction set extensions (ISEs) based on limitations imposed by the available data bandwidth to custom functional un...
Panagiotis Athanasopoulos, Philip Brisk, Yusuf Leb...
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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A parallel preconditioning strategy for efficient transistor-level circuit simulation
A parallel computing approach for large-scale SPICE-accurate circuit simulation is described that is based on a new preconditioned iterative solver. The preconditioner involves the...
Heidi Thornquist, Eric R. Keiter, Robert J. Hoekst...
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Pre-bond testable low-power clock tree design for 3D stacked ICs
Pre-bond testing of 3D stacked ICs involves testing individual dies before bonding. The overall yield of 3D ICs improves with prebond testability because designers can avoid stack...
Xin Zhao, Dean L. Lewis, Hsien-Hsin S. Lee, Sung K...
ICCAD
2009
IEEE
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Characterizing within-die variation from multiple supply port IDDQ measurements
-- The importance of within-die process variation and its impact on product yield has increased significantly with scaling. Within-die variation is typically monitored by embedding...
Kanak Agarwal, Dhruva Acharyya, Jim Plusquellic