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2004
IEEE
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A Design Methodology for the Exploitation of High Level Communication Synthesis
In this paper we analyse some methodological concerns that have to be faced in a design flow which contains automatic synthesis phases from high-level, system descriptions. In par...
Francesco Bruschi, Massimo Bombana
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2004
IEEE
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Channel Decoder Architecture for 3G Mobile Wireless Terminals
Channel coding is a key element of any digital wireless communication system since it minimizes the effects of noise and interference on the transmitted signal. In thirdgeneration...
Friedbert Berens, Gerd Kreiselmaier, Norbert Wehn
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2004
IEEE
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STEPS: Experimenting a New Software-Based Strategy for Testing SoCs Containing P1500-Compliant IP Cores
This paper presents STEPS, an innovative softwarebased approach for testing P1500-compliant SoCs. STEPS is based on the concept that the ATE is not considered as an initiator appl...
Mounir Benabdenbi, Alain Greiner, François ...
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2004
IEEE
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Evaluating the Effects of SEUs Affecting the Configuration Memory of an SRAM-Based FPGA
M. Bellato, Paolo Bernardi, D. Bortolato, A. Cande...
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2004
IEEE
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Testing Logic Cores using a BIST P1500 Compliant Approach: A Case of Study
In this paper we describe how we applied a BIST-based approach to the test of a logic core to be included in System-on-achip (SoC) environments. The approach advantages are the ab...
Paolo Bernardi, Guido Masera, Federico Quaglio, Ma...
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2004
IEEE
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Energy-Efficient Design for Highly Associative Instruction Caches in Next-Generation Embedded Processors
This paper proposes a low-energy solution for CAMbased highly associative I-caches using a segmented wordline and a predictor-based instruction fetch mechanism. Not all instructio...
Juan L. Aragón, Dan Nicolaescu, Alexander V...
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2004
IEEE
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Enhanced Diameter Bounding via Structural
Bounded model checking (BMC) has gained widespread industrial use due to its relative scalability. Its exhaustiveness over all valid input vectors allows it to expose arbitrarily ...
Jason Baumgartner, Andreas Kuehlmann
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2004
IEEE
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Energy-Aware System Design for Wireless Multimedia
In this paper, we present various challenges that arise in the delivery and exchange of multimedia information to mobile devices. Specifically, we focus on techniques for maintain...
Hans Van Antwerpen, Nikil D. Dutt, Rajesh K. Gupta...
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2004
IEEE
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On Concurrent Error Detection with Bounded Latency in FSMs
We discuss the problem of concurrent error detection (CED) with bounded latency in finite state machines (FSMs). The objective of this approach is to reduce the overhead of CED, a...
Sobeeh Almukhaizim, Petros Drineas, Yiorgos Makris