ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
This paper presents a novel approach to reducing the complexity of the transient linear circuit analysis for a hybrid structured clock network. Topology reduction is first used to...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
ACG (Adjacent Constraint Graph) is invented as a general floorplan representation. It has advantages of both adjacency graph and constraint graph of a floorplan: edges in an ACG...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
We present a method for incorporating crosstalk reduction criteria into global routing under an innovative power supply architecture, while considering the constraints imposed by ...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
A cache access time model, PRACTICS (PRedictor of Access and Cycle TIme for Cache Stack), has been developed to optimize the memory array architecture for the minimum access and c...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
In modern technologies, process variations can be quite substantial, often causing design timing failures. It is essential that those errors be correctly and quickly diagnosed. In...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
Potential slack is an effective metric of circuit’s possible performance improvement. It is equal to the maximal amount of slack that can be potentially used for optimization. I...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
Compared are different methods for evaluation of formulas expressing microprocessor correctness in the logic of Equality with Uninterpreted Functions and Memories (EUFM) by transl...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
Many embedded processors use highly associative data caches implemented using a CAM-based tag search. When high-associativity is desirable, CAM designs can offer performance advan...
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
2004
IEEE
Gate oxide tunneling current (Igate) is emerging as a key roadblock for device scaling in nanometer-scale CMOS circuits. A practical means to reduce Igate is to leverage dual Tox ...