Computer-aided design (CAD)

This book presents a new set of embedded system design techniques called multidimensional data flow, which combine the various benefits offered by existing methodologies such as block-based system design, high-level simulation, system analysis and polyhedral optimization.

Software components and component-based software development (CBSD) are acknowledged as the best approach for constructing quality software at reasonable cost.

Automatic Performance Tuning is a new software paradigm which enables software to be high performance in any computing environment.

Integrated circuits are fundamental electronic components in biomedical, automotive and many other technical systems.

In recent years, both Networks-on-Chip, as an architectural solution for high-speed interconnect, and power consumption, as a key design constraint, have continued to gain interest in the design and research communities.

The book provides a comprehensive description and implementation methodology for the Philips/NXP Aethereal/aelite Network-on-Chip (NoC).

As Moore's law continues to unfold, two important trends have recently emerged.

One of the leading causes of automobile accidents is the slow reaction of the driver while responding to a hazardous situation.

The book deals with engineering aspects of the two emerging and intertwined fields of synthetic and systems biology.

This book will describe ultra low-power, integrated circuits and systems designed for the emerging field of neural signal recording and processing, and wireless communication.

This book covers the practical application of dependable electronic systems in real industry, such as space, train control and automotive control systems, and network servers/routers.

Uncertainty in key parameters within a chip and between different chips in the deep sub micron area plays a more and more important role.

Human lives are getting increasingly entangled with technology, especially comp- ing and electronics.

Design exibility and power consumption in addition to the cost, have always been the most important issues in design of integrated circuits (ICs), and are the main concerns of this research, as well.

Focal-plane sensor-processor imager devices are sensor arrays and processor arrays embedded in each other on the same silicon chip.

The purpose of this book is to evaluate strategies for future system design in multiprocessor system-on-chip (MPSoC) architectures.

Embedded software is ubiquitous today.

The Information and communication technology (ICT) industry is said to account for 2% of the worldwide carbon emissions - a fraction that continues to grow with the relentless push for more and more sophisticated computing equipment, c- munications infrastructure, and mobile devices.

In August of 2006, an engineering VP from one of Altera's customers approached Misha Burich, VP of Engineering at Altera, asking for help in reliably being able to predict the cost, schedule and quality of system designs reliant on FPGA designs.

This book is intended to give a general overview of reliability, faults, fault models, nanotechnology, nanodevices, fault-tolerant architectures and reliability evaluation techniques.

This book provides a broad overview of current research in optical interconnect technologies and architectures.

More and more information, audio and video but also a range of other information type, is generated, processed and used by machines today, even though the end user may be a human.

Simulation of computer architectures has made rapid progress recently.

This is a practical book for computer engineers who want to understand or implement hardware/software systems.

This book is about formal veri?

Current multimedia and telecom applications require complex, heterogeneous multiprocessor system on chip (MPSoC) architectures with specific communication infrastructure in order to achieve the required performance.

Microprocessors increasingly control and monitor our most critical systems, including automobiles, airliners, medical systems, transportation grids, and defense systems.

Although security is prevalent in PCs, wireless communications and other systems today, it is expected to become increasingly important and widespread in many embedded devices.

Functional verification is an art as much as a science.

This book arises from experience the authors have gained from years of work as industry practitioners in the field of Electronic System Level design (ESL).

High definition video requires substantial compression in order to be transmitted or stored economically.

Power consumption of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated) circuits has been growing at an alarmingly rapid rate.

Deep Sub-Micron (DSM) processes present many changes to Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) circuit designers.

Single-threaded software applications have ceased to see signi?

I am very pleased to play even a small part in the publication of this book on the SIGNAL language and its environment POLYCHRONY.

Modern electronics depend on nanoscaled technologies that present new challenges in terms of testing and diagnostics.

This monograph is motivated by the challenges faced in designing reliable VLSI systems in modern VLSI processes.

Managing the power consumption of circuits and systems is now considered one of the most important challenges for the semiconductor industry.

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which are pre-fabricated, programmable digital integrated circuits (ICs), provide easy access to state-of-the-art integrated circuit process technology, and in doing so, democratize this technology of our time.

To derive rational and convincible solutions to practical decision making problems in complex and hierarchical human organizations, the decision making problems are formulated as relevant mathematical programming problems which are solved by developing optimization techniques so as to exploit characteristics or structural features of the formulated problems.

Embedded System Design: Modeling, Synthesis and Verification introduces a model-based approach to system level design.

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Nanosystems use new, nanoscopic electrical and/or mechanical devices which, as constituents of electronic and electromechanical systems, find application primarily in computing, embedded control and biomedical data acquisition.

Printing in Plastic: Build Your Own 3D Printer is your gateway into the exciting world of personal fabrication.

Do you like to build things?

Model-Based Enterprise describes Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) and Model-Based Definition (MBD) in detail, focusing on how to obtain significant business value from MBE.

Large-Scale 3D Data Integration: Challenges and Opportunities examines the fundamental aspects of 3D geo-information, focusing on the latest developments in 3D GIS (geographic information) and AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) systems.

The use of computers has opened up remarkable opportunities for innovative design, improved productivity, and greater efficiency in the use of materials.

Hardware Software Co-Design of a Multimedia SOC Platform is one of the first of its kinds to provide a comprehensive overview of the design and implementation of the hardware and software of an SoC platform for multimedia applications.