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PIO on Current HW Outperforms DMA Over a Range of Payload Sizes In A Number of Different Applications (ETH Zurich)
By Technical Paper Link - 11 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Rethinking Programmed I/O for Fast Devices, Cheap Cores, and Coherent Interconnects" was published by researchers at ETH Zurich. Abstract: "Conventional wisdom holds that an efficient interface between an OS running on a CPU and a high-bandwidth I/O device should be based on Direct Memory Access (DMA), descriptor rings, and interrupts: DMA offloads transfers fr... » read more

Survey: HW SW Co-Design Approaches Tailored to LLMs
By Technical Paper Link - 11 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "A Survey: Collaborative Hardware and Software Design in the Era of Large Language Models" was published by researchers at Duke University and Johns Hopkins University. Abstract "The rapid development of large language models (LLMs) has significantly transformed the field of artificial intelligence, demonstrating remarkable capabilities in natural language proce... » read more

TFETs: Design and Operation, Including Material Selection and Simulation Methods
By Technical Paper Link - 07 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Multiscale Simulation and Machine Learning Facilitated Design of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials-Based Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors: A Review" was published by researchers at University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab. Abstract "Traditional transistors based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transi... » read more

Fine-Grained Functional Partitioning For Low Level SRAM Cache in 3D-IC designs (imec)
By Technical Paper Link - 27 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Towards Fine-grained Partitioning of Low-level SRAM Caches for Emerging 3D-IC Designs" was published by researchers at imec. "We propose a partitioning of low-level (faster access) caches in 3D using an Array Under CMOS (AuC) technology paradigm. Our study focuses on partitioning and optimization of SRAM bit-cells and peripheral circuits, enabling heterogeneous ... » read more

Formal Verification Of A Mixed Signal IP with Both Digital And Analog Blocks
By Technical Paper Link - 25 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Analogous Alignments: Digital "Formally" meets Analog" was published by researchers at Infineon Technologies. Abstract: "The complexity of modern-day System-on-Chips (SoCs) is continually increasing, and it becomes increasingly challenging to deliver dependable and credible chips in a short time-to-market. Especially, in the case of test chips, where the aim is... » read more

Models for Both Strained and Unstrained GAA FETs Using Neural Networks
By Technical Paper Link - 23 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Impact of Strain on Sub-3 nm Gate-all-Around CMOS Logic Circuit Performance Using a Neural Compact Modeling Approach" was published by researchers at Hanyang University and Alsemy Inc. Abstract "Impact of strain of sub-3 nm gate-all-around (GAA) CMOS transistors on the circuit performance is evaluated using a neural compact model. The model was trained using 3D... » read more

Characteristics and Potential HW Architectures for Neuro-Symbolic AI
By Technical Paper Link - 23 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Towards Efficient Neuro-Symbolic AI: From Workload Characterization to Hardware Architecture" was published by researchers at Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, and IBM Research. Abstract: "The remarkable advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), primarily driven by deep neural networks, are facing challenges surrounding unsustainable computational trajectories, li... » read more

3D IC Partitioning and Placement Method That Optimizes For Critical Paths (POSTECH)
By Technical Paper Link - 12 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "TA3D: Timing-Aware 3D IC Partitioning and Placement by Optimizing the Critical Path" was published by researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology and Baum Design Systems. Abstract "In the face of challenges posed by semiconductor scaling, 3D integration technology has emerged as a crucial solution to overcome the constraints of traditional 2D I... » read more

Hardware-Side-Channel Leakage Contracts That Account For Glitches and Transitions (TU Graz)
By Technical Paper Link - 10 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Closing the Gap: Leakage Contracts for Processors with Transitions and Glitches" was published by researchers at Graz University of Technology. Abstract "Security verification of masked software implementations of cryptographic algorithms must account for microarchitectural side-effects of CPUs. Leakage contracts were proposed to provide a formal separation bet... » read more

GPU Microarchitecture Integrating Dedicated Matrix Units At The Cluster Level (UC Berkeley)
By Technical Paper Link - 27 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Virgo: Cluster-level Matrix Unit Integration in GPUs for Scalability and Energy Efficiency" was published by UC Berkeley. Abstract "Modern GPUs incorporate specialized matrix units such as Tensor Cores to accelerate GEMM operations central to deep learning workloads. However, existing matrix unit designs are tightly coupled to the SIMT core, limiting the size a... » read more

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