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DATE
2008
IEEE
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Instruction Set Extension Exploration in Multiple-Issue Architecture
To satisfy high-performance computing demand in modern embedded devices, current embedded processor architectures provide designer with possibility either to define customized ins...
I-Wei Wu, Zhi-Yuan Chen, Jean Jyh-Jiun Shann, Chun...
DATE
2008
IEEE
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Digital bit stream jitter testing using jitter expansion
This paper presents a time-domain jitter expansion technique for high-speed digital bit sequence jitter testing. While jitter expansion has been applied to phase noise measurement...
Hyun Choi, Abhijit Chatterjee
DATE
2008
IEEE
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Wire Sizing Alternative - An Uniform Dual-rail Routing Architecture
To achieve minimum signal propagation delay, the nonuniform wire width routing architecture has been widely used in modern VLSI design. The non-uniform routing architecture exploi...
Fu-Wei Chen, Yi-Yu Liu
DATE
2008
IEEE
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Subsystem Exchange in a Concurrent Design Process Environment
This paper provides insight into the novel solutions used to build SoCs targeting increased productivity in a complex environment. Design of such SoCs relies on multi-team, multi-...
Marino Strik, Alain Gonier, Paul Williams
DATE
2008
IEEE
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GMDS: Hardware implementation of novel real output queuing architecture
In this paper, a real output queuing switch prototype implementation is presented. This implementation is based on a novel high speed multidrop backplane and a general purpose lin...
R. Arteaga, Félix Tobajas, Roberto Esper-Ch...
DATE
2008
IEEE
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A Novel Technique for Improving Temperature Independency of Ring-ADC
A new temperature compensation technique for ringoscillator-based ADC is proposed in this paper. It employs a novel fixed-number-based algorithm and a CTAT current biasing technol...
Shun Li, Hua Chen, Feng Zhou
DATE
2008
IEEE
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Quantitative Productivity Measurement in IC Design
This paper describes ongoing research in the field of quantitative productivity measurement in IC Design and simulation of different scenarios as decision support. Five topics out...
Frank Badstubner, Andreas Vörg
DATE
2008
IEEE
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Deep Submicron Interconnect Timing Model with Quadratic Random Variable Analysis
Shrinking feature sizes and process variations are of increasing concern in modern technology. It is urgent that we develop statistical interconnect timing models which are harmon...
Jun-Kuei Zeng, Chung-Ping Chen
DATE
2008
IEEE
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Optimal Margin Computation for At-Speed Test
— In the face of increased process variations, at-speed manufacturing test is necessary to detect subtle delay defects. This procedure necessarily tests chips at a slightly highe...
Jinjun Xiong, Vladimir Zolotov, Chandu Visweswaria...