Is your memory hierarchy stopping your microprocessor from performing at the high level it
should be? Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk shows you how to resolve this problem …

Technology scaling demands a decrease in both Vdd and Vt to sustain historical delay
reduction, while restraining active power dissipation. Scaling of Vt however leads to …

Low supply voltage requires the device threshold to be reduced in order to maintain
performance. Due to the exponential relationship between leakage current and threshold …

In CMOS circuits, the reduction of the threshold voltage due to voltage scaling leads to
increase in subthreshold leakage current and hence static power dissipation. We propose a …

The first part of this paper describes two runtime mechanisms for reducing the leakage
current of a CMOS circuit. In both cases, it is assumed that the system or environment …

The state dependence of leakage can be exploited to obtain modest leakage savings in
CMOS circuits. However, one can modify circuits considering state dependence and achieve …

Statistical Analysis and Optimization For VLSI: Timing and Power is a state-of-the-art book
on the newly emerging field of statistical computer-aided design (CAD) tools. The very latest …

Design for Manufacturability and Statistical Design: A Constructive Approach provides a
thorough treatment of the causes of variability, methods for statistical data characterization …

Benchmarks are an immensely useful tool in performing research since they allow for rapid
and clear comparison between different approaches to solving CAD problems. Recent …

Energy efficiency has become a ubiquitous design requirement for digital circuits.
Aggressive supply-voltage scaling has emerged as the most effective way to reduce energy …