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Showing 1 to 20 of 432 for “"Interconnect"”.
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Microstructure evolution and interconnect realiability
… conditions on electromigration (EM) induced interconnect failure, normal grain growth in thin films was studied, analytic models were built for the grain structure statistics in 2D and 3D interconnects, and simulation programs were developed for generation of process and …
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Interconnect capacitance extraction under geometric uncertainties
Interconnects are an important constituent of any large scale integrated circuit, and accurate interconnect analysis is essential not only for post-layout verification but also for synthesis. For instance, extraction of interconnect capacitance is needed for the prediction of interconnect-induced …
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Electrodeposition of Cobalt for Advanced Interconnect Applications
… been used to produce back end of line (BEOL) interconnect structures in integrated circuits (IC). As the critical dimension of BEOL structures approaches the electron mean free path of Cu or below, the Cu resistivity exponentially increases, posing significant challenges on further scaling. …
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Computer simulation of electromigration in microelectronics interconnect
… packaging industry as electronics components and interconnects get smaller and smaller. According to the assembly and packaging section of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductor (ITRS) developed in 2007 and 2009 [1] [2], EM was a near term threat for the interconnecting part of …
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Audio interconnect Performance : claims versus laboratory measurements
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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Reverse Engineering the Intel Cascade Lake Mesh Interconnect
… line of Scalable processors introduced the mesh interconnect in the form of a two-dimensional network of rings that reduces the bandwidth and latency bottlenecks of prior ring interconnects. Much is still unknown about the mesh interconnect, and details from the official documentation are sparse. …
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An implementation of the virtual wires interconnect scheme
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.
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The evolution and adoption of optical interconnect cables
… to replace old ones. The use of electrical interconnects has been the workhorse for data transmission for over a century and a new technology is poised to succeed it. Due to the limitation of current transmission medium, an adoption of new technology is inevitable and the question is when …
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Design and implementation of a generalized device interconnect
Pervasive computing devices that communicate with each other are changing the way services are provided and utilized over a network. This thesis explores a new paradigm in establishing network connections between devices, where these devices are no longer divided into server and client, but are …
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Equalized on-chip interconnect : modeling, analysis, and design
… and reduce power consumption of on-chip interconnect. A theoretical model for an equalized on-chip interconnect is first suggested to provide mathematical formulation for the link behavior. Based on the model, a fast-design space exploration methodology is demonstrated to search for the …
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Interconnect design techniques for multicore and 3D Integrated circuits.
… must communicate through an efficient onchip interconnection network, by ideas such as networks-on-chips (NoCs), and NoC design is vital to both performance and power. This thesis presents solutions to the challenges in on-chip interconnect, more specifically, the on-chip communication and …
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TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF GRAPHENE IN ADVANCED CMOS INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY
… to boost the performance of on-chip copper (Cu) interconnects. However, the lack of BEOL compatible methods has stymied the true evaluation of Cu/graphene hybrid (Cu-G) technology. The objectives of this thesis proposal are to demonstrate BEOL-compatible graphene growth techniques, and explore …
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Energy Proportional Future Chip-to-chip Computing Interconnect Designs
… consumption and energy efficiency. Optical interconnects feature high IO capacity, distance-independent energy consumption, and low-delay connection. Optical linking fabric allows comprehensive customization of system architecture and resource allocation, which is not possible with …
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Analysis of Gemini interconnect recovery mechanisms: methods and observations
… and overall system availability. Failure of interconnect components such as links, routers, power supply, etc. pose a threat to the resilience of the interconnect network, causing application failures and, in the worst case, system-wide failure. An extreme-scale system is designed to manage …
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Signal integrity analysis of interconnect systems using neural networks
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-04-06 without embargo terms
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Creating a PCI express interconnect in the gem5 simulator
… was to implement a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express interconnect in the gem5 architecture simulator. The interconnect was designed with the goal of aiding accurate modeling of PCI Express-based devices in gem5 in the future. The PCI Express interconnect that was created …
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Intrachip clock signal distribution via si-based optical interconnect
… the difficulties associated with electrical interconnects in the synchronization of high-performance multi-GHz microprocessors. Because the on-chip optical interconnect must be embedded in current Si microprocessors, the optical clocking requires that the electronic-photonic integrated …
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