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DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
DyXY: a proximity congestion-aware deadlock-free dynamic routing method for network on chip
A novel routing algorithm, namely dynamic XY (DyXY) routing, is proposed for NoCs to provide adaptive routing and ensure deadlock-free and livelock-free routing at the same time. ...
Ming Li, Qing-An Zeng, Wen-Ben Jone
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Automated design of pin-constrained digital microfluidic arrays for lab-on-a-chip applications*
Microfluidics-based biochips, also referred to as lab-on-a-chip (LoC), are devices that integrate fluid-handling functions such as sample preparation, analysis, separation, and de...
William L. Hwang, Fei Su, Krishnendu Chakrabarty
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Visibility enhancement for silicon debug
Several emerging Design-for-Debug (DFD) methodologies are addressing silicon debug by making internal signal values and other data observable. Most of these methodologies require ...
Yu-Chin Hsu, Fur-Shing Tsai, Wells Jong, Ying-Tsai...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Hierarchical power distribution and power management scheme for a single chip mobile processor
A hierarchical power distribution methodology that enables more than dozen power domains in a chip and a power management scheme using 20 power domains are described. This method ...
Toshihiro Hattori, Takahiro Irita, Masayuki Ito, E...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
How will the fabless model survive?
The fabless model was traditionally enabled through clean interfaces – both in technical and business terms – between foundries and fabless semiconductor companies. However, w...
Thomas Hartung, Jim Kupec, Ana Hunter, Brad Paulse...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Buffer memory optimization for video codec application modeled in Simulink
Reduction of the on-chip memory size is a key issue in video codec system design. Because video codec applications involve complex algorithms that are both data-intensive and cont...
Sang-Il Han, Xavier Guerin, Soo-Ik Chae, Ahmed Ami...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Clock buffer and wire sizing using sequential programming
This paper investigates methods for clock skew minimization using buffer and wire sizing. First, a technique that significantly improves solution quality and stability of sequent...
Matthew R. Guthaus, Dennis Sylvester, Richard B. B...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Energy-scalable OFDM transmitter design and control
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is the modulation of choice for broadband wireless communications. Unfortunately, it comes at the cost of a very low energy effic...
Björn Debaillie, Bruno Bougard, Gregory Lenoi...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Minimization for LED-backlit TFT-LCDs
Wei-Chung Cheng, Chain-Fu Chao
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
A high density, carbon nanotube capacitor for decoupling applications
We present a novel application for carbon nanotube devices, implementing a high density 3-D capacitor, which can be useful for decoupling applications to reduce supply voltage var...
Mark M. Budnik, Arijit Raychowdhury, Aditya Bansal...