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2009
IEEE
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Finite precision processing in wireless applications
—Complex signal processing algorithms are often specified in floating point precision. Thus, a type conversion is needed when the targeted platform requires fixed-point precis...
David Novo, Min Li, Bruno Bougard, Liesbet Van der...
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2009
IEEE
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Distributed peak power management for many-core architectures
Recently proposed techniques for peak power management [5] involve centralized decision-making and assume quick evaluation of the various power management states. These techniques...
John Sartori, Rakesh Kumar
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2009
IEEE
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Correct-by-construction generation of device drivers based on RTL testbenches
Abstract—The generation of device drivers is a very time consuming and error prone activity. All the strategies proposed up to now to simplify this operation require a manual, ev...
Nicola Bombieri, Franco Fummi, Graziano Pravadelli...
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2009
IEEE
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A hybrid packet-circuit switched on-chip network based on SDM
—In this paper, we propose a novel on-chip communication scheme by dividing the resources of a traditional packet-switched network-on-chip between a packet-switched and a circuit...
Mehdi Modarressi, Hamid Sarbazi-Azad, Mohammad Arj...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Using non-volatile memory to save energy in servers
Abstract—Recent breakthroughs in circuit and process technology have enabled new usage models for non-volatile memory technologies such as Flash and phase change RAM (PCRAM) in t...
David Roberts, Taeho Kgil, Trevor N. Mudge
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Implementation of a reduced-lattice MIMO detector for OFDM Systems
—This paper presents a novel VLSI implementation of a MIMO detector for OFDM systems. The proposed architecture is able to perform both linear MMSE and reduced latticeaided MIMO ...
Josep Soler Garrido, Henning Vetter, Magnus Sandel...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Design and implementation of a database filter for BLAST acceleration
— BLAST is a very popular Computational Biology algorithm. Since it is computationally expensive it is a natural target for acceleration research, and many reconfigurable archite...
Panagiotis Afratis, Constantinos Galanakis, Euripi...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Massively multi-topology sizing of analog integrated circuits
This paper demonstrates a system that performs multiobjective sizing across 100,000 analog circuit topologies simultaneously, with SPICE accuracy. It builds on a previous system, ...
Pieter Palmers, Trent McConaghy, Michiel Steyaert,...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Bitstream relocation with local clock domains for partially reconfigurable FPGAs
—Partial Reconfiguration (PR) of FPGAs presents many opportunities for application design flexibility, enabling tasks to dynamically swap in and out of the FPGA without entire sy...
Adam Flynn, Ann Gordon-Ross, Alan D. George