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PDN Challenges In DRAM-Based Compute-In-Memory Systems (UT Austin)


A new technical paper, "A comparative study on power delivery aspects of compute-in/near-memory approaches using DRAM," was published by researchers at UT Austin. Abstract "Compute-in-memory (PIM) mitigates the memory wall by performing computation within memory, reducing data movement and improving energy efficiency. DRAM-based PIM is particularly attractive due to its high density, matu... » read more

SSD Emulator For Massively Parallel, GPU-Centric Storage (KAIST)


A new technical paper, "SwarmIO: Towards 100 Million IOPS SSD Emulation for Next-generation GPU-centric Storage Systems," was published by KAIST. Abstract "GPU-initiated I/O has emerged as a key mechanism for achieving high-throughput storage access by leveraging massive GPU thread-level parallelism, while recent industry trends point toward SSDs optimized for ultra-high random-read IOPS.... » read more

Automated Security Assertion Generation Using LLMs (U. of Florida)


A new technical paper, "Assertain: Automated Security Assertion Generation Using Large Language Models," was published by University of Florida. Abstract "The increasing complexity of modern system-on-chip designs amplifies hardware security risks and makes manual security property specification a major bottleneck in formal property verification. This paper presents Assertain, an automated ... » read more

Causal Inference for AMS Design (U. of Florida)


A new technical paper, "Causal AI For AMS Circuit Design: Interpretable Parameter Effects Analysis," was published by the University of Florida. Abstract "Analog-mixed-signal (AMS) circuits are highly non-linear and operate on continuous real-world signals, making them far more difficult to model with data-driven AI than digital blocks. To close the gap between structured design data (dev... » read more

Status of WBG Device Reliability in Automotive (U. Bremen et al.)


A new technical paper, "Reliability of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Automotive Applications," was published by the Universitat Bremen, Technische Universitat Chemnitz, BMW, Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon, Semikron Danfoss, and FH Dortmund. Abstract "Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor devices offer tremendous advantages over their silicon counterparts. Automotive applications benefit particu... » read more

An Exploration of Agent Scaling for HLS Design Space Exploration (IBM)


A new technical paper, "Agent Factories for High Level Synthesis: How Far Can General-Purpose Coding Agents Go in Hardware Optimization?" was published by IBM. Abstract "We present an empirical study of how far general-purpose coding agents – without hardware-specific training – can optimize hardware designs from high-level algorithmic specifications. We introduce an agent factory, a ... » read more

Why Co-Packaged Optics Should be Viewed as an Architectural Commitment (UW-Madison, MIT et al.)


A new technical paper, "3D optoelectronics and co-packaged optics: when solving the wrong problems stalls deployment," by the University of Wisconsin, MIT, and Invictus Innovation EV Technology. Abstract "The rapid growth of AI and accelerator-driven workloads is forcing a fundamental rethinking of optical interconnect architectures in datacenters. Co-packaged optics and three-dimensional... » read more

CP-Based Lot Scheduling Solutions For a Semiconductor Manufacturing (Infineon, U. of Klagenfurt)


A new technical paper, "Quantifying the Global Impact of Constraint Programming Based Local Scheduling in Semiconductor Manufacturing," was published by Infineon and the University of Klagenfurt. Abstract "The efficiency of semiconductor frontend manufacturing highly depends on the optimization of resource allocation. In academic works, scheduling methods, i.e., based on Constraint Progra... » read more

Simulations of Silicon Spin Qubits Based on a GAAFET (Teikyo U., Riken)


A new technical paper, "Device/circuit simulations of silicon spin qubits based on a gate-all-around transistor," was published by Teikyo University and RIKEN. Abstract "We theoretically investigated the readout process of a spin–qubit structure based on a gate-all-around (GAA) transistor. Our study focuses on a logical qubit composed of two physical qubits. Different spin configuration... » read more

Integrating Error Propagation Theory Into the FMEDA Framework (Robert Bosch GmbH)


A new technical paper, "Quantifying Uncertainty in FMEDA Safety Metrics: An Error Propagation Approach for Enhanced ASIC Verification," was published by Robert Bosch GmbH. Abstract "Accurate and reliable safety metrics are paramount for functional safety verification of ASICs in automotive systems. Traditional FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis) metrics, such as SPFM (... » read more

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