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CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 4 months ago
Methodology for multi-granularity embedded processor power model generation for an ESL design flow
With power becoming a major constraint for multi-processor embedded systems, it is becoming important for designers to characterize and model processor power dissipation. It is cr...
Young-Hwan Park, Sudeep Pasricha, Fadi J. Kurdahi,...
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Design and defect tolerance beyond CMOS
It is well recognized that novel computational models, devices and technologies are needed in order to sustain the remarkable advancement of CMOS-based VLSI circuits and systems. ...
Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Alexander Khitun, Konstantin K. ...
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Profiling of lossless-compression algorithms for a novel biomedical-implant architecture
In view of a booming market for microelectronic implants, our ongoing research work is focusing on the specification and design of a novel biomedical microprocessor core targeting...
Christos Strydis, Georgi Gaydadjiev
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Power reduction via macroblock prioritization for power aware H.264 video applications
As the importance of multimedia applications in hand-held devices increases, the computational strain and corresponding demand for energy in such devices continues to grow. Portab...
Michael A. Baker, Viswesh Parameswaran, Karam S. C...
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Performance debugging of Esterel specifications
Synchronous languages like Esterel have been widely adopted for designing reactive systems in safety-critical domains such as avionics. Specifications written in Esterel are based...
Lei Ju, Bach Khoa Huynh, Abhik Roychoudhury, Samar...
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Guaranteed scheduling for repetitive hard real-time tasks under the maximal temperature constraint
We study the problem of scheduling repetitive real-time tasks with the Earliest Deadline First (EDF) policy that can guarantee the given maximal temperature constraint. We show th...
Gang Quan, Yan Zhang, William Wiles, Pei Pei
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Specification-based compaction of directed tests for functional validation of pipelined processors
Functional validation is a major bottleneck in microprocessor design methodology. Simulation is the widely used method for functional validation using billions of random and biase...
Heon-Mo Koo, Prabhat Mishra
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Model checking SystemC designs using timed automata
SystemC is widely used for modeling and simulation in hardware/software co-design. Due to the lack of a complete formal semantics, it is not possible to verify SystemC designs. In...
Paula Herber, Joachim Fellmuth, Sabine Glesner
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Slack analysis in the system design loop
We present a system-level technique to analyze the impact of design optimizations on system-level timing dependencies. This technique enables us to speed up the design cycle by su...
Girish Venkataramani, Seth Copen Goldstein
CODES
2008
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Application specific non-volatile primary memory for embedded systems
Memory subsystems have been considered as one of the most critical components in embedded systems and furthermore, displaying increasing complexity as application requirements div...
Kwangyoon Lee, Alex Orailoglu