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2005
IEEE
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Modeling Interconnect Variability Using Efficient Parametric Model Order Reduction
Assessing IC manufacturing process fluctuations and their impacts on IC interconnect performance has become unavoidable for modern DSM designs. However, the construction of parame...
Peng Li, Frank Liu, Xin Li, Lawrence T. Pileggi, S...
DATE
2005
IEEE
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Exploiting Dynamic Workload Variation in Low Energy Preemptive Task Scheduling
A novel energy reduction strategy to maximally exploit the dynamic workload variation is proposed for the offline voltage scheduling of preemptive systems. The idea is to construc...
Lap-Fai Leung, Chi-Ying Tsui, Xiaobo Sharon Hu
DATE
2005
IEEE
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A Time Slice Based Scheduler Model for System Level Design
Efficient evaluation of design choices, in terms of selection of algorithms to be implemented as hardware or software, and finding an optimal hw/sw design mix is an important re...
Luciano Lavagno, Claudio Passerone, Vishal Shah, Y...
DATE
2005
IEEE
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Encoding-Based Minimization of Inductive Cross-Talk for Off-Chip Data Transmission
Inductive cross-talk within IC packaging is becoming a significant bottleneck in high-speed inter-chip communication. The parasitic inductance within IC packaging causes bounce o...
Brock J. LaMeres, Sunil P. Khatri
DATE
2005
IEEE
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Implicit and Exact Path Delay Fault Grading in Sequential Circuits
1 The first path implicit and exact non–robust path delay fault grading technique for non–scan sequential circuits is presented. Non enumerative exact coverage is obtained, b...
Mahilchi Milir Vaseekar Kumar, Spyros Tragoudas, S...
DATE
2005
IEEE
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UML 2.0 Profile for Embedded System Design
Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0 is emerging in the area of embedded system design. This paper presents a new UML 2.0 profile - called TUT-Profile - that introduces a set of st...
Petri Kukkala, Jouni Riihimäki, Marko Hä...
DATE
2005
IEEE
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Accurate Reliability Evaluation and Enhancement via Probabilistic Transfer Matrices
Soft errors are an increasingly serious problem for logic circuits. To estimate the effects of soft errors on such circuits, we develop a general computational framework based on ...
Smita Krishnaswamy, George F. Viamontes, Igor L. M...
DATE
2005
IEEE
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Systematic Transaction Level Modeling of Embedded Systems with SystemC
This paper gives an overview of a transaction level modeling (TLM) design flow for straightforward embedded system design with SystemC. The goal is to systematically develop both...
Wolfgang Klingauf
DATE
2005
IEEE
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Area-Efficient Selective Multi-Threshold CMOS Design Methodology for Standby Leakage Power Reduction
This paper presents a design flow for an improved selective multi-threshold(Selective-MT) circuit. The Selective-MT circuit is improved so that plural MT-cells can share one switc...
Takeshi Kitahara, Naoyuki Kawabe, Fumihiro Minami,...