We present a computer architecture design that utilizes molecular electronic devices fabricated from self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of molecules. This architecture has been designed for a process being developed at t...
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(纸本)9781595932921
We present a computer architecture design that utilizes molecular electronic devices fabricated from self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of molecules. This architecture has been designed for a process being developed at the University of Virginia where molecules are assembled via vapor phase deposition. As this process lends itself nicely to developing multiple layers of devices on a single substrate, the circuit and architectural designs presented here exist in three dimensions. Through this work we show how molecular electronics naturally allows for 3D integration at the *** design consists of two types of molecular devices: switches with memory and resonant tunneling diodes (RTD). These switching molecules are patterned between layers of metal to form a uniform crossbar array that can behave similar to a programmable logic array (PLA). In this design, the crossbar arrays drive rows of circuits, referred to as Goto pairs, consisting of two stacked molecular RTDs. As described in previous work, a Goto pair with only one resistor driving its input functions as a latch whereas the circuit acts as a majority gate when driven by multiple resistors. Since the crossbar arrays can be programmed such that the various Goto pairs are driven by different numbers of inputs, the overall circuit has the ability to implement logic as networks of latches and majority gates. Using crossbar arrays in this way is somewhat different from other approaches in that logic is not simply implemented in the array but is a product of both the array and the Goto pair functionality.
The proceedings contains 24 papers from the acm/sigdainternationalsymposium on fieldprogrammablegatearrays - FPGA 2004. The topics discussed include: exploration of pipelined FPGA interconnect structures;evaluati...
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The proceedings contains 24 papers from the acm/sigdainternationalsymposium on fieldprogrammablegatearrays - FPGA 2004. The topics discussed include: exploration of pipelined FPGA interconnect structures;evaluation of low leakage design techniques for fieldprogrammablegatearrays;reducing leakage energy in FPGAs using region constrained placement;an embedded true random number generator for FPGAs;a synthesis oriented omniscient manual editor;nanowire-based sublithographic programmable logic arrays;and highly pipelined asynchronous FPGAs.
This article is a concise literature review of the actual state of the art in arithmetic for field-programmablegatearrays (FPGAs), including studies, implementation techniques, operators, and structures, in various ...
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This article is a concise literature review of the actual state of the art in arithmetic for field-programmablegatearrays (FPGAs), including studies, implementation techniques, operators, and structures, in various area-time tradeoffs. It covers the integer operations of addition/subtraction, multiplication, squaring, division, and square root, in parallel, and in both serial modes (least-significant digit first, and online). Many people, including researchers in the field of computer arithmetic, parallel computing, digital signal and image processing, system-on-a-programmable chip (SoPC) designers, and other people with a need to implement special purpose arithmetic circuits on FPGAs, might find such a review useful, either as an introduction to the topic, as a knowledge update, or for reference.
Multi-point distributed random variables whose moments match those of a Gaussian random variable up to a certain order play an important role in Monte Carlo simulations of weak approximations of stochastic differentia...
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Multi-point distributed random variables whose moments match those of a Gaussian random variable up to a certain order play an important role in Monte Carlo simulations of weak approximations of stochastic differential equations. In applications such as finance, where "real time" execution is required, there is a strong need for highly efficient implementations. In this paper a fast and flexible dedicated hardware solution on a fieldprogrammablegate Array (FPGA) is presented. A comparative performance analysis between a software-only and the proposed hardware solution demonstrates that the FPGA solution is bottleneck-free, retains the flexibility of the software solution and significantly increases the computational efficiency.
In this paper we study the effect of post-layout pin permutation of designs for FPGA devices with non-uniform cell delays. We present a simple, but timing optimal, pin permutation scheme, and report the results of app...
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(纸本)9781595930293
In this paper we study the effect of post-layout pin permutation of designs for FPGA devices with non-uniform cell delays. We present a simple, but timing optimal, pin permutation scheme, and report the results of applying the scheme on a set of public logic synthesis benchmark designs that were synthesized and placed by state-of-the-art commercial FPGA design tools configured to maximum optimization level. Despite the preceding optimizations, we still observed an average timing improvement of 3.7%. This demonstrates the importance of fully utilizing non-uniform cell delays during design optimizations for modern FPGA devices and the still presenting potential of improvement. Copyright 2005 acm.
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DeHon, AndréDept. of CS
256-80 California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 United States
Sublithographic programmable Logic arrays can be interconnected and restored using nanoscale wires. Building on a hybrid of bottom-up assembly techniques supported by conventional lithographic patterning, we show how ...
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(纸本)9781595930293
Sublithographic programmable Logic arrays can be interconnected and restored using nanoscale wires. Building on a hybrid of bottom-up assembly techniques supported by conventional lithographic patterning, we show how modestsized PLA logic blocks, which are efficient for implementing logic, can be organized into a segmented, Manhattan mesh interconnection scheme. The resulting programmable architecture has a macro-scale view which is reminiscent of lithographic FPGA and CPLD designs despite the fact that the low-level, sublithographic fabrication techniques used are much more highly constrained than conventional lithography and are prone to high defect rates. Using the Toronto 20 benchmark set, we begin to explore the design space for these sublithographic architectures and show that they may allow us to exploit nanowire building blocks to reach one to two orders of magnitude greater density than 22nm CMOS lithography. Copyright 2005 acm.
This paper discusses architectural issues arising from the use of dynamic reconfiguration and shows a possible use of dynamic reconfiguration to extend and accelerate a computation performed in system-on-a-chip design...
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This paper discusses architectural issues arising from the use of dynamic reconfiguration and shows a possible use of dynamic reconfiguration to extend and accelerate a computation performed in system-on-a-chip designs with microprocessors with fixed instruction sets. Further a sample application is discussed that uses a dynamically reconfigurable FPGA to implement different floating-point calculations in hardware, reconfigured as required by the execution of the user code. The implementation data for two dynamically reconfigurable platforms available on the market - the Xilinx Virtex2 family FPGAs and the Atmel FPSLIC family FPGAs - is compared in terms of resource requirements, operating frequency, and power consumption.
This paper presents an analysis of the potential yield loss in FPGA due to random defects in metal layers. A proven yield model is adapted to target the FPGA interconnect layers in order to predict the manufacturing y...
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(纸本)9781595930293
This paper presents an analysis of the potential yield loss in FPGA due to random defects in metal layers. A proven yield model is adapted to target the FPGA interconnect layers in order to predict the manufacturing yield. Defect parameters from the 2003 SIA roadmap are used to investigate the trend in yield loss due to defects in interconnect layers in the future. It is shown that the low yield predicted for the 45nm technology node and beyond is a cause for concern. The potential impact on yield using two different approaches, namely redundant circuits and fault tolerant design, is also presented. Copyright 2005 acm.
Advanced Microelectronics Department at Sandia National Laboratories. We present an automatic logic synthesis method targeted for high-performance asynchronous FPGA (AFPGA) architectures. Our method transforms sequent...
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(纸本)9781595930293
Advanced Microelectronics Department at Sandia National Laboratories. We present an automatic logic synthesis method targeted for high-performance asynchronous FPGA (AFPGA) architectures. Our method transforms sequential programs as well as high-level descriptions of asynchronous circuits into fine-grain asynchronous process netlists suitable for an AFPGA. The resulting circuits are inherently pipelined, and can be physically mapped onto our AFPGA with standard partitioning and place-and-route algorithms. For a wide variety of benchmarks, our automatic synthesis method not only yields comparable logic densities and performance to those achieved by hand placement, but also attains a throughput close to the peak performance of the FPGA. Copyright 2005 acm.
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