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DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
DyXY: a proximity congestion-aware deadlock-free dynamic routing method for network on chip
A novel routing algorithm, namely dynamic XY (DyXY) routing, is proposed for NoCs to provide adaptive routing and ensure deadlock-free and livelock-free routing at the same time. ...
Ming Li, Qing-An Zeng, Wen-Ben Jone
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Automated design of pin-constrained digital microfluidic arrays for lab-on-a-chip applications*
Microfluidics-based biochips, also referred to as lab-on-a-chip (LoC), are devices that integrate fluid-handling functions such as sample preparation, analysis, separation, and de...
William L. Hwang, Fei Su, Krishnendu Chakrabarty
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Visibility enhancement for silicon debug
Several emerging Design-for-Debug (DFD) methodologies are addressing silicon debug by making internal signal values and other data observable. Most of these methodologies require ...
Yu-Chin Hsu, Fur-Shing Tsai, Wells Jong, Ying-Tsai...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Hierarchical power distribution and power management scheme for a single chip mobile processor
A hierarchical power distribution methodology that enables more than dozen power domains in a chip and a power management scheme using 20 power domains are described. This method ...
Toshihiro Hattori, Takahiro Irita, Masayuki Ito, E...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
How will the fabless model survive?
The fabless model was traditionally enabled through clean interfaces – both in technical and business terms – between foundries and fabless semiconductor companies. However, w...
Thomas Hartung, Jim Kupec, Ana Hunter, Brad Paulse...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Buffer memory optimization for video codec application modeled in Simulink
Reduction of the on-chip memory size is a key issue in video codec system design. Because video codec applications involve complex algorithms that are both data-intensive and cont...
Sang-Il Han, Xavier Guerin, Soo-Ik Chae, Ahmed Ami...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Clock buffer and wire sizing using sequential programming
This paper investigates methods for clock skew minimization using buffer and wire sizing. First, a technique that significantly improves solution quality and stability of sequent...
Matthew R. Guthaus, Dennis Sylvester, Richard B. B...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Energy-scalable OFDM transmitter design and control
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is the modulation of choice for broadband wireless communications. Unfortunately, it comes at the cost of a very low energy effic...
Björn Debaillie, Bruno Bougard, Gregory Lenoi...
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Minimization for LED-backlit TFT-LCDs
Wei-Chung Cheng, Chain-Fu Chao
DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
A high density, carbon nanotube capacitor for decoupling applications
We present a novel application for carbon nanotube devices, implementing a high density 3-D capacitor, which can be useful for decoupling applications to reduce supply voltage var...
Mark M. Budnik, Arijit Raychowdhury, Aditya Bansal...