VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
We present AHIR, an intermediate representation (IR), that acts as a transition layer between software compilation and hardware synthesis. Such a transition layer is intended to t...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
Interconnect is one of the major concerns in current and future microprocessor designs from both performance and power consumption perspective. The emergence of three-dimensional ...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
With scaling of CMOS technologies, sub-threshold, gate and reverse biased junction band-to-band-tunneling leakage have increased dramatically. Together they account for more than 2...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
Device scaling such as reduced oxide thickness and high electric field has given rise to various reliability concerns. One such growing issue of concern is the degradation of PMOS...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
We present a technique for automatic verification of pipelined microprocessors using model checking. Antecedent conditioned slicing is an efficient abstraction technique for hardw...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract-- This paper presents the results obtained from an experimental study of the impact of modern process technologies on the electrical parameters of interconnects. Variation...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
Functional validation of microprocessors is growing in complexity in current and future microprocessors. Traditionally, the different components (or validation collaterals) used i...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
Multiple Input - Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless technology involves highly complex vectors and matrix computations which are directly related to increased power and area consumpt...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE
Piecewise linear branch predictor has been demonstrated to have superior prediction accuracy; however, its huge hardware overhead prevents the predictor from being practical in the...
VLSID
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2007
IEEE