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ISCA
2002
IEEE
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The Optimal Logic Depth Per Pipeline Stage is 6 to 8 FO4 Inverter Delays
Microprocessor clock frequency has improved by nearly 40% annually over the past decade. This improvement has been provided, in equal measure, by smaller technologies and deeper p...
M. S. Hrishikesh, Doug Burger, Stephen W. Keckler,...
INFOCOM
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Clock Synchronization Algorithms for Network Measurements
Abstract—Packet delay traces are important measurements for analyzing end-to-end performance and for designing traffic control algorithms in computer networks. Due to the fact t...
Li Zhang, Zhen Liu, Cathy H. Xia
ASYNC
2002
IEEE
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Point to Point GALS Interconnect
Reliable, low-latency channel communication between independent clock domains may be achieved using a combination of clock pausing techniques, self-calibrating delay lines and an ...
George S. Taylor, Simon W. Moore, Robert D. Mullin...
ASYNC
2002
IEEE
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Clock Synchronization through Handshake Signalling
We present a method for synchronizing pausible clocks in GALS (Globally Asynchronous, Locally Synchronous) systems. In contrast to most conventional GALS schemes the method is not...
Joep L. W. Kessels, Suk-Jin Kim, Ad M. G. Peeters,...
WSNA
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Asymptotically optimal time synchronization in dense sensor networks
We consider the problem of synchronization of all clocks in a sensor network, in the regime of asymptotically high node densities. We formulate this problem as one in which all cl...
An-Swol Hu, Sergio D. Servetto
ISLPED
2003
ACM
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A critical analysis of application-adaptive multiple clock processors
Enabled by the continuous advancement in fabrication technology, present day synchronous microprocessors include more than 100 million transistors and have clock speeds well in ex...
Emil Talpes, Diana Marculescu
DAC
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Test generation for designs with multiple clocks
To improve the system performance, designs with multiple clocks have become more and more popular. In this paper, several novel test generation procedures are proposed to utilize ...
Xijiang Lin, Rob Thompson
ISVLSI
2003
IEEE
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Energy Recovering ASIC Design
Abstract— Dissipation in the clock tree and state elements of ASIC designs is often a significant fraction of total energy consumption. We propose a methodology for recovering m...
Conrad H. Ziesler, Joohee Kim, Marios C. Papaefthy...
DSN
2003
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Design and Implementation of a Consistent Time Service for Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems
Clock-related operations are one of the many sources of replica non-determinism and of replica inconsistency in fault-tolerant distributed systems. In passive replication, if the ...
Wenbing Zhao, Louise E. Moser, P. M. Melliar-Smith
DATE
2003
IEEE
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Reduced Delay Uncertainty in High Performance Clock Distribution Networks
The design of clock distribution networks in synchronous digital systems presents enormous challenges. Controlling the clock signal delay in the presence of various noise sources,...
Dimitrios Velenis, Marios C. Papaefthymiou, Eby G....