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DAC
1996
ACM
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 months ago
Cluster Refinement for Block Placement
Jin Xu, Pei-Ning Guo, Chung-Kuan Cheng
DAC
1997
ACM
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 months ago
A Hybrid Algorithm for Test Point Selection for Scan-Based BIST
Huan-Chih Tsai, Kwang-Ting Cheng, Chih-Jen Lin, Su...