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RETBLEED: New Spectre-BTI Attack (ETH Zurich)
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New Spectre-BTI attack that "leaks arbitrary kernel memory." It's detailed in this research paper titled “RETBLEED: Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions” from researchers at ETH Zürich. Mitigations are available. Abstract "Modern operating systems rely on software defenses against hardware attacks. These defenses are, however, as good as the assumptions they m... » read more

Effectiveness of a Reinforcement-Learning Based Dynamic Power Manager In a SW Framework
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "Low-Overhead Reinforcement Learning-Based Power Management Using 2QoSM" from researchers at ETH Zurich and Georgia Tech. Abstract "With the computational systems of even embedded devices becoming ever more powerful, there is a need for more effective and pro-active methods of dynamic power management. The work presented in this paper demonstrates the effectiven... » read more

MIT: Computing Power Impact on 5 Domains
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "The Importance of (Exponentially More) Computing Power" from researchers at MIT CSAIL and Sloan School of Management. Abstract "Denizens of Silicon Valley have called Moore's Law "the most important graph in human history," and economists have found that Moore's Law-powered I.T. revolution has been one of the most important sources of national productivity growth... » read more

A Safety-Oriented System Hardware Architecture Exploration Framework
By Technical Paper Link - 12 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "Safety-Oriented System Hardware Architecture Exploration in Compliance with ISO 26262" from researchers at National Taipei University. Abstract: "Safety-critical intelligent automotive systems require stringent dependability while the systems are in operation. Therefore, safety and reliability issues must be addressed in the development of such safety-critical sy... » read more

Heterogeneous Redundant Circuit Design Approaches for FPGAs
By Technical Paper Link - 12 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New research paper titled "Evaluation of Directive-based Heterogeneous Redundant Design Approaches for Functional Safety Systems on FPGAs" from researchers at Nagasaki University. Abstract (Partial) "In this paper, we present and evaluates two heterogeneous redundant circuit design approaches for FPGAs: a resource-level approach and strategy-level approach. The resource-level approach foc... » read more

Brightening Intrinsically Dark Material
By Technical Paper Link - 12 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New research paper titled "Brightening of a dark monolayer semiconductor via strong light-matter coupling in a cavity," from researchers at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany), University of Iceland, the University of Würzburg (Germany), Friedrich Schiller University (Germany), Arizona State University (USA) and the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba (Japan) a... » read more

MIT & UC Berkeley: “Exo” Programming Language Writes High Performance Code For HW Accelerators
By Technical Paper Link - 11 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New research paper titled "Exocompilation for productive programming of hardware accelerators," from researchers at MIT and UC Berkeley. From their abstract: "To better support development of high-performance libraries for specialized hardware, we propose a new programming language, Exo, based on the principle of exocompilation: externalizing target-specific code generation support and op... » read more

FEOL Nanosheet Process Flow & Challenges Requiring Metrology Solutions (IBM Watson)
By Technical Paper Link - 08 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "Review of nanosheet metrology opportunities for technology readiness," from researchers at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States). Abstract (partial): "More than previous technologies, then, nanosheet technology may be when some offline techniques transition from the lab to the fab, as certain critical measurements need to be monitored in real time. T... » read more

Attenuated Phase Shift Masks (attPSM) For EUV (Fraunhofer IISB)
By Technical Paper Link - 08 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New research paper titled "Attenuated phase shift masks: a wild card resolution enhancement for extreme ultraviolet lithography?," from researchers at Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie IISB (Germany). Aim: "We review published research on attenuated phase shift masks (attPSM) for EUV with special emphasis on modeling and fundamental understanding of the ... » read more

ISA Extension For Low-Precision NN Training On RISC-V Cores
By Technical Paper Link - 08 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "MiniFloat-NN and ExSdotp: An ISA Extension and a Modular Open Hardware Unit for Low-Precision Training on RISC-V cores" from researchers at IIS, ETH Zurich; DEI, University of Bologna; and Axelera AI. Abstract "Low-precision formats have recently driven major breakthroughs in neural network (NN) training and inference by reducing the memory footprint of the N... » read more

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