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DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Full-chip TSV-to-TSV coupling analysis and optimization in 3D IC
This paper studies TSV-to-TSV coupling in 3D ICs. A full-chip SI analysis flow is proposed based on the proposed coupling model. Analysis results show that TSVs cause significan...
Chang Liu, Taigon Song, Jonghyun Cho, Joohee Kim, ...
145
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DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Fast non-monte-carlo transient noise analysis for high-precision analog/RF circuits by stochastic orthogonal polynomials
Stochastic device noise has become a significant challenge for high-precision analog/RF circuits, and it is particularly difficult to correctly include both white noise and flic...
Fang Gong, Hao Yu, Lei He
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DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Image quality aware metrics for performance specification of ADC array in 3D CMOS imagers
A three-dimensional (3D) CMOS imager constructed from stacking a pixel array of image sensors, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) array, and an image signal processor (ISP) arra...
Hsiu-Ming Chang, Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng
DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Rethinking memory redundancy: optimal bit cell repair for maximum-information storage
SRAM design has been a major challenge for nanoscale manufacturing technology. We propose a new bit cell repair scheme for designing maximum-information memory system (MIMS). Unli...
Xin Li
DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Modeling adaptive streaming applications with parameterized polyhedral process networks
The Kahn Process Network (KPN) model is a widely used modelof-computation to specify and map streaming applications onto multiprocessor systems-on-chips. In general, KPNs are dif...
Jiali Teddy Zhai, Hristo Nikolov, Todor Stefanov
DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Plugging versus logging: a new approach to write buffer management for solid-state disks
Using device write buffers is a promising technique to improve the write performance of solid-state disks. The write buffer not only reduces the write traffic to the flash but als...
Li-Pin Chang, You-Chiuan Su
DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Litmus tests for comparing memory consistency models: how long do they need to be?
Memory consistency litmus tests are small parallel programs that are designed to illustrate subtle differences between memory consistency models by exhibiting different outcomes...
Sela Mador-Haim, Rajeev Alur, Milo M. K. Martin
DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Generalized reliability-oriented energy management for real-time embedded applications
DVFS remains an important energy management technique for embedded systems. However, its negative impact on transient fault rates has been recently shown. In this paper, we propos...
Baoxian Zhao, Hakan Aydin, Dakai Zhu
148
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DAC
2011
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
ChronOS Linux: a best-effort real-time multiprocessor Linux kernel
We present ChronOS Linux, a best-effort real-time Linux kernel for chip multiprocessors (CMPs). ChronOS addresses the intersection of three problem spaces: a) OS-support for obta...
Matthew Dellinger, Piyush Garyali, Binoy Ravindran