DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
Abstract—Antenna problem is a phenomenon of plasma-induced gateoxide degradation. It directly affects manufacturability of very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits, especiall...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
In this paper, we address the problem of simultaneous routing and buffer insertion. Recently in [12, 22], the authors considered simultaneous maze routing and buffer insertion und...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
Multimedia applications are characterized by a large number of data accesses and complex array index manipulations. The built-in address decoder in the RAM memory model commonly u...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
With the term flexibility, we introduce a new design dimension of an embedded system that quantitatively characterizes its feasibility in implementing not only one, but possibly ...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
This paper addresses verifying the timing of circuits containing level-sensitive latches in the presence of cross talk. We show that three consecutive periodic occurrences of the ...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
Future networked appliances should be able to download new services or upgrades from the network and execute them locally. This flexibility is typically achieved by processors tha...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
In this paper, we present an innovative methodology to estimate and improve the quality of analog and mixed-signal circuit testing. We first detect and reduce the redundancy in th...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
In programmable embedded systems, the memory subsystem represents a major cost, performance and power bottleneck. To optimize the system for such different goals, the designer wou...