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A standardized knobs and monitors RTL2RTL insertion methodology for fine grain SoC tuning Host Publication: 12th EUROMICRO Conference on Digital System Design, Architectures, Methods and Tools (DSD 2009) Authors: A. Abdel Hamid, A. Anchlia, S. Mamagkakis, M. Miranda, B. Dierickx and M. Kuijk Publisher: IEEE Publication Date: Aug. 2009 Number of Pages: 8 ISBN: 978-0-7695-3782-5
Abstract: Nowadays, subᇁ nm designs are facing the challenges of parametric yield loss and reliability issues. Existing design practices increase the system's area/power penalty in order to cope with the growing number of design corners and their widening distributions. Our proposed solution is the Standardized Knobs and Monitors (SKM) framework, which enables monitoring and adjusting the circuits at run-time by utilizing power-delay trade-offs. More specifically, we focus on the systematic insertion of digital monitors at the RTL level of design abstraction and demonstrate our approach by using modified crystal ball delay monitor in a real-life wireless application
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