We have fabricated a Chip Multiprocessor prototype code-named Merlot to proof our novel speculative multithreading architecture. On Merlot, multiple threads provide wider issue wi...
Models of simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE) are currently playing a central role in the connection between circuit design and chip fabrication communitie...
There is a growing need to analyze and optimize the stand-by component of power in digital circuits designed for portable and battery-powered applications. Since these circuits re...
David Blaauw, Steven M. Martin, Trevor N. Mudge, K...
—Soft errors (or Transient faults) are temporary faults that arise in a circuit due to a variety of internal noise and external sources such as cosmic particle hits. Though soft ...
Avi Timor, Avi Mendelson, Yitzhak Birk, Neeraj Sur...
Modern VLSI processing supports a two-dimensional surface for active devices along with multiple stacked layers of interconnect. With the advent of planarization, the number of la...