Embedded memories are the key contributor to the chip area, dynamic power dissipation and also form a signicant part of critical path for high performance advanced SoCs. Therefore, optimal selection of memory instances ...

Although there has been significant research and development on automation devices for assisted living, there has always been trade-offs in terms of the cost, complexity, design and efficiency. Numerous researchers have ...

With the exponential increase in wireless applications, there arises the need to utilize the spectrum more efficiently. Cooperative spectrum sharing (CSS) schemes have been proposed as a viable framework for cognitive radio ...

The adoption of smartphones, their ability to configure as mobile hotspots (WiFi access points), together with access to cellular networks, creates novel possibilities of heterogeneous network access for users. Specifically, ...

In this thesis a novel, low memory P-Skip mode decision algorithm for encoding video sequences is proposed. The existing algorithms for P-Skip estimation require reading the previous frames from the memory. The proposed ...

With reduction in size and shrinking in geometry, we have reached a point in time in which we no more can draw a direct correlation of the performance of the IC design with respect to the number of transistors on a single ...

Moving towards deep submicron technologies, consideration for design margin will increase. In these technologies, process variation will increase the requirements of design margins. Lower supply voltage and higher clock ...

Signoff timing analysis is still considered as a critical element in the SoC design flow. With the advancements of the leading edge technologies towards the deep sub-micron realms, the performance of a multi-million ...

The objective of this research work is to develop an algorithm for a river cleaning robot. This algorithm will be able to autonomously detect and track the surface trash flowing in water from a real time video. The state ...

System on Chips (SoC) targeted for high performance network applications such as Internet routers, require low latency memories combined with large storage capacities to maintain high throughputs and fast packet forwarding ...