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Conventional timing-optimized synchronous circuit is designed and constrained by the longest critical path delay, i.e. the worst-case design. However, the path delay of the circuit is absolutely data-dependent. In the example of an 8-bit multiplier simulation, for the 10,000 random input patterns, only about 1% of the input patterns exercise the critical path. This fact motivates us to exploit data-dependent...
A scalar (single-issue) processor executes one instruction at a time and its functional units (ALU, multiplier, and shifter, etc) are never concurrently exercised. Modern processors issue multiple instructions simultaneously (i.e. superscalar or VLIW) to improve their functional unit utilization but the cost is considerably high. In this paper, an alternative is described to activate multiple functional...
Modern architectures exploit task level parallelism to improve their performance in a cost-effective manner. However, task synchronization and management is time consuming and wastes computing resources especially on application-specific architectures, such as DSP. In this paper, we propose a smart coprocessor interface that helps to offload the task management job from MPU or DSP. In our simulations,...
In this paper, a low-power embedded memory module is designed for a multi-threaded DSP processor. A co-design of circuit and architecture technique is proposed. The technique includes three circuit schemes: controllable pre-charged bit-line, low voltage bit-line, and controllable data-retention power gating. Because the low-power control signals are generated by the DSP engine, the operating condition...
The performance of single-issue RISC cores can be improved significantly with multi-issue architectures (i.e. superscalar or VLIW) by activating the parallel functional units concurrently. However, they suffer high complexity or huge code sizes. In this paper, we borrow some ideas from old vector machines and propose a novel DSP architecture with very compact codes. In our simulations, the DSP has...
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