The problem of peak power estimation in CMOS circuits is essential for analyzing the reliability and performance of circuits at extreme conditions. The Power Virus problem involves...
K. Najeeb, Karthik Gururaj, V. Kamakoti, Vivekanan...
In this paper we explore the use of a set of novel design metrics for characterizing the impact of gate oxide tunneling current in nanometer CMOS devices and perform Monte Carlo s...
Register file banking is an effective alternative to monolithic register files in embedded processor based systems. In this work, we propose techniques for performing application s...
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...
We present a technique for automatic verification of pipelined microprocessors using model checking. Antecedent conditioned slicing is an efficient abstraction technique for hardw...
Shobha Vasudevan, Vinod Viswanath, Jacob A. Abraha...