DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
—This paper reports on experience gained and lessons learned from an intensive investigation of model-driven engineering methodology and technology for application to high-integr...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
Abstract—In this paper, two general algorithms for the automatic generation of instruction-set extensions are presented. The basic instruction set of a reconfigurable architectu...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
In recent years, pre-fabricated design styles grow up rapidly to amortize the mask cost. However, the interconnection delay of the pre-fabricated design styles slows down the circ...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
In the field of chip design, hardware module reuse is a standard solution to the increasing complexity of chip architecture and the pressures to reduce time to market. In the abs...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
Abstract—Addressing both standby and active power is a major challenge in developing System-on-Chip designs for batterypowered products. Powering off sections of logic or memorie...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
—Distributed systems, especially time-triggered ones, are implementing clock synchronization algorithms to provide and maintain a common view of time among the different nodes. S...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
Abstract—To accommodate the growing number of applications integrated on a single chip, Networks on Chip (NoC) must offer scalability not only on the architectural, but also on t...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
— An increasing number of hardware failures can be attributed to device reliability problems that cause partial system failure or shutdown. In this paper we propose a scheme for ...
DATE
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2009
IEEE
—We investigate restructuring techniques based on decomposition/factorization, with the objective to move critical signals toward the output while minimizing area. A specific ap...