DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
We present a unified framework that considers flipflop and repeater insertion and the placement of flipflop/repeater blocks during RT or higher level design. We introduce the...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
This paper focuses on I-cache behaviour enhancement through the application of high-level code transformations. Specifically, a flow for the iterative application of the I-Cache pe...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
In this paper, we deal with arbitrary convex and concave rectilinear module packing using the Transitive Closure Graph (TCG) representation. The geometric meanings of modules are ...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
System-on-chip (SOC) design methodology is becoming the trend in the IC industry. Integrating reusable cores from multiple sources is essential in SOC design, and different design...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
The argument against ASIC SoCs is that they have always taken too long and cost too much to design. As new process technologies come on line, the issue of inflexible, unyielding d...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
Deterministic observation and random excitation of fault sites during the ATPG process dramatically reduces the overall defective part level. However, multiple observations of eac...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
There are some types of faults in analogue and mixed signal circuits which are very difficult to detect using either voltage or current based test methods. However, it is possible...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
The oscillator problem consists of determining good initial values for the node voltages and the frequency of oscillation and the avoidance of the DC solution. Standard approaches...
DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2002
IEEE
Software self-testing for embedded processor cores based on their instruction set, is a topic of increasing interest since it provides an excellent test resource partitioning tech...