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DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
DeFer: deferred decision making enabled fixed-outline floorplanner
In this paper, we present DeFer -- a fast, high-quality and nonstochastic fixed-outline floorplanning algorithm. DeFer generates a non-slicing floorplan by compacting a slicing fl...
Jackey Z. Yan, Chris Chu
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Compiler-driven register re-assignment for register file power-density and temperature reduction
Temperature hot-spots have been known to cause severe reliability problems and to significantly increase leakage power. The register file has been previously shown to exhibit the ...
Xiangrong Zhou, Chenjie Yu, Peter Petrov
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Concurrent topology and routing optimization in automotive network integration
In this paper, a novel automatic approach for the concurrent topology and routing optimization that achieves a high quality network layout is proposed. This optimization is based ...
Bardo Lang, Christian Haubelt, Jürgen Teich, ...
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Stochastic modeling of a thermally-managed multi-core system
Achieving high performance under a peak temperature limit is a first-order concern for VLSI designers. This paper presents a new model of a thermally-managed system, where a stoch...
Hwisung Jung, Peng Rong, Massoud Pedram
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Modeling of failure probability and statistical design of spin-torque transfer magnetic random access memory (STT MRAM) array fo
: Spin-Torque Transfer Magnetic RAM (STT MRAM) is a promising candidate for future universal memory. It combines the desirable attributes of current memory technologies such as SRA...
Jing Li, Charles Augustine, Sayeef S. Salahuddin, ...
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Predictive runtime verification of multi-processor SoCs in SystemC
Concurrent interaction of multi-processor systems result in errors which are difficult to find. Traditional simulationbased verification techniques remove the concurrency informat...
Alper Sen, Vinit Ogale, Magdy S. Abadir
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Scan chain clustering for test power reduction
An effective technique to save power during scan based test is to switch off unused scan chains. The results obtained with this method strongly depend on the mapping of scan flip-...
Christian G. Zoellin, Hans-Joachim Wunderlich, Jen...
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Specify-explore-refine (SER): from specification to implementation
Driven by increasing complexity and reliability demands, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2004 commissioned development of ELEGANT, a complete SpecC-based envir...
Andreas Gerstlauer, Junyu Peng, Dongwan Shin, Dani...