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2009
IEEE
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Multi-clock Soc design using protocol conversion
The automated design of SoCs from pre-selected IPs that may require different clocks is challenging because of the following issues. Firstly, protocol mismatches between IPs need ...
Roopak Sinha, Partha S. Roop, Samik Basu, Zoran Sa...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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SC-DEVS: An efficient SystemC extension for the DEVS model of computation
Felix Madlener, H. Gregor Molter, Sorin A. Huss
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2009
IEEE
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Debugging of Toffoli networks
—Intensive research is performed to find post-CMOS technologies. A very promising direction based on reversible logic are quantum computers. While in the domain of reversible lo...
Robert Wille, Daniel Große, Stefan Frehse, G...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Minimization of NBTI performance degradation using internal node control
—Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) is a significant reliability concern for nanoscale CMOS circuits. Its effects on circuit timing can be especially pronounced for ci...
David R. Bild, Gregory E. Bok, Robert P. Dick
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Single ended 6T SRAM with isolated read-port for low-power embedded systems
Abstract— This paper presents a six-transistor (6T) singleended static random access memory (SE-SRAM) bitcell with an isolated read-port, suitable for low-Î and low-power embedd...
Jawar Singh, Dhiraj K. Pradhan, Simon Hollis, Sara...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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FSAF: File system aware flash translation layer for NAND Flash Memories
NAND Flash Memories require Garbage Collection (GC) and Wear Leveling (WL) operations to be carried out by Flash Translation Layers (FTLs) that oversee flash management. Owing to ...
Sai Krishna Mylavarapu, Siddharth Choudhuri, Avira...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Program phase and runtime distribution-aware online DVFS for combined Vdd/Vbb scaling
Abstract—Complex software programs are mostly characterized by phase behavior and runtime distributions. Due to the dynamism of the two characteristics, it is not efficient to m...
Jungsoo Kim, Sungjoo Yoo, Chong-Min Kyung
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Register placement for high-performance circuits
—In modern sub-micron design, achieving low-skew clock distributions is facing challenges for high-performance circuits. Symmetric global clock distribution and clock tree synthe...
Mei-Fang Chiang, Takumi Okamoto, Takeshi Yoshimura
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Co-simulation based platform for wireless protocols design explorations
Abstract—Longer range, faster speed and stronger link are today’s wireless mandatory characteristics. Tremendous efforts are being deployed to create new and improved wireless ...
Alain Fourmigue, Bruno Girodias, Gabriela Nicolesc...
DATE
2009
IEEE
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Strengthening properties using abstraction refinement
Mitra Purandare, Thomas Wahl, Daniel Kroening