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Design tool
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13 Feb 2008
TL;DR: A Markovian model for evaluating the latency and energy consumption of on-chip networks is presented and it is shown that the proposed analytical model is quite accurate and can be used as an efficient design tool by SoC designers.
Abstract: Network-on-chip (NoC) has been proposed as a solution for addressing the design challenges of future high-performance nanoscale architectures. Thus, it is of crucial importance for a designer to have access to last methods for evaluating the performance of on-chip networks. To this end, we present a Markovian model for evaluating the latency and energy consumption of on-chip networks. We compute the average delay due to path contention, virtual channel and crossbar switch arbitration using a queuing-based approach, which can capture the blocking phenomena of wormhole switching quite accurately. The model is then used to estimate the power consumption of all routers in NoCs. The performance results from the analytical models are validated with those obtained from a synthesizable VHDL-based cycle accurate simulator. Comparison with simulation results indicate that the proposed analytical model is quite accurate and can be used as an efficient design tool by SoC designers.
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06 Jul 1999
TL;DR: The paper introduces the idea of evolutionary design of nanodevices, and illustrates it with the design of a resonant tunneling diode, and suggests that in the future, devices and circuits may be simultaneously co-designed.
Abstract: The paper addresses the use of evolutionary algorithms in the design of electronic devices and circuits. In particular, the paper introduces the idea of evolutionary design of nanodevices, and illustrates it with the design of a resonant tunneling diode. A second experiment, this time using CMOS microdevices, illustrates the use of evolutionary algorithms for circuit design. The experiments were facilitated by an evolutionary design tool developed around a parallel implementation of genetic algorithms (using PGAPack), and device/circuit simulators (NEMO and SPICE). It is speculated that in the future, devices and circuits may be simultaneously co-designed.
27 citations
14 May 2007
TL;DR: There is a great deal of commonality across agent methodologies that should give developers confidence that there is in fact an emerging agreed understanding as to the important aspects of designing and developing agent systems.
Abstract: This paper describes how the Prometheus Design Tool (PDT) is usedto support the Prometheus methodology for designing agent systems. This is doneby using an exemplar system that has been used previously in the literature, andis briefly described earlier in this volume. This paper presents the development ofa design for this system using PDT. By using different tools and methodologies todesign the same example system it is easier to observe the similarities and differencesbetween both the methodologies and the tools supporting them. Prometheusand PDT, like the other systems presented in this volume, has specific strengthsand features that have been developed to support the design process. Howeverit is also evident that there is a great deal of commonality across agent methodologies that should give developers confidence that there is in fact an emergingagreed understanding as to the important aspects of designing and developingagent systems.
27 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a user-friendly design tool for building and HVAC systems that allows for a fully integrated simulation of the building and its components, as well as the controller.
27 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the theoretical basis of a general purpose finite element simulation tool for piezoelectric controlled smart structures is presented, which contains a number of coupled thermo-electro-mechanical 1D, 2D, 3D as well as layered plate and shell finite elements.
Abstract: The paper gives an overview of about recent developments in modeling, numerical analysis and design of piezoelectric controlled smart structures. Then, the theoretical basis of a general purpose finite element simulation tool developed by the authors is presented. This tool contains a number of coupled thermo-electro-mechanical 1D, 2D, 3D as well as layered plate and shell finite elements for simulating controlled structures in static and dynamic applications, where also optimization algorithms (e.g. for actuator location) can be included. Finally, three examples; i.e., actively controlled beam, vibration isolation of a box, and vibration isolation of a plate as part of an excited cylinder structure, are presented to demonstrate the capability and efficiency of the simulation and design tool.
27 citations