The emergence of vlsi technology has increased the complexity of integrated circuit devices, in terms of transistors per device, at a rate multiplying by 100 every 10 years. new technologies, such as surface mount, require special techniques to make the boards testable. the goal of this research and… More

Phase i will explore novel ways to apply improved techniques using the ieee/ dod standard vhsic hardware description language (vhdl) to integrated engineering methods. in particular, it will enable hardware and software engineers to collaborate simultaneously during development of parallel computing… More

Concurrent engineering is a crucial methodology in reducing development cost and time of hardware and its complementing software. today no tools are available that can provide a tight integration of hardware and software development (co-design). asc proposes the development of viool (vhdl… More

Low power has been recently elevated to one of the most critical issues in circuit design, affecting circuit reliability, battery life, and heat sinking. In spite of this demand, surprisingly little support from CAD vendors exists for automated low power circuit design. Alternative System Concepts… More

Mitigation of Single Event Upset (SEU) to electronic devices and components has traditionally been and expensive problem to overcome. Dramatic improvements in electronics technology have rendered many prior SEU solutions ineffective and have created theneed for more advanced and innovative design… More

The failure of digital circuits due to radiation using simulation was not addressed in the past due to several obstacles. First, radiation failure models, radiation faults dictionaries and the specification of susceptibility to radiation are not availablein the current hardware description languages… More