A latch-based timing analyzer is an essential tool for developing high-speed pipeline designs. As process variations increasingly influence the timing characteristics of DSM desi...
Rob A. Rutenbar, Li-C. Wang, Kwang-Ting Cheng, San...
Variability of process parameters makes prediction of digital circuit timing characteristics an important and challenging problem in modern chip design. Recently, statistical stat...
Hongliang Chang, Vladimir Zolotov, Sambasivan Nara...
Soft errors, once only of concern in memories, are beginning to affect logic as well. Determining the soft error rate (SER) of a combinational circuit involves three main masking ...
Programmable routing and logic in field-programmable gate arrays are implemented using nMOS pass transistors. Since the threshold voltage drop across an nMOS device degrades the ...
Technology scaling, characterized by decreasing feature size, thinning gate oxide, and non-ideal voltage scaling, will become a major hindrance to microprocessor reliability in fu...
Jason A. Blome, Shuguang Feng, Shantanu Gupta, Sco...