ECE 558 Introduction to VLSI Design

ECE 658 (NTU IC740-A) VLSI Design Principles

Lecture 23 (Fall 2006)  
 

Readings for Advanced Topics from 7 papers on IEEE Explore

1. Temperature Aware Micro-architecture

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/8578/27165/01206984.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1206984&isnumber=27165

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/8578/27165/01206984.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1206984&isnumber=27165>

 

2. Soft Error Trends

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7991/22107/01028924.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1028924&isnumber=22107

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7991/22107/01028924.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1028924&isnumber=22107>

 

3. Reliable Systems on Chip

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/2/28506/01274003.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1274003&isnumber=28506

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/2/28506/01274003.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1274003&isnumber=28506>

 

4. Wireless Sensor Networks

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7384/32301/01507522.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1507522&isnumber=32301

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7384/32301/01507522.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1507522&isnumber=32301>

 

5. Intel 12x9 Multiplier

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10265/32889/01541594.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1541594&isnumber=32889

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10265/32889/01541594.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1541594&isnumber=32889>

 

6. Synchro-tokens for testable GALS

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/8959/28390/01268881.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1268881&isnumber=28390

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/8959/28390/01268881.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1268881&isnumber=28390>

 

7. Trading off Power and Fault-tolerance

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7827/21511/00996773.pdf?tp=&arnumber=996773&isnumber=21511

<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7827/21511/00996773.pdf?tp=&arnumber=996773&isnumber=21511>

 

Special Treat:  For those of you who've read this far, here's some info and hype about the chips in the new Microsoft Xbox 360.  Hopefully you can apply some of your VLSI knowledge here...

http://www.bit-tech.net/columns/2005/05/13/xbox_360_pc_enthusiasts/

 


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