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Title: Programmable Analog System Benchmarks Leading to Efficient Analog Computation Synthesis
This effort develops the first rich suite of analog and mixed-signal benchmark of various sizes and domains, intended for use with contemporary analog and mixed-signal designs and synthesis tools. Benchmarking enables analog-digital co-design exploration as well as extensive evaluation of analog synthesis tools and the generated analog/mixed-signal circuit or device. The goals of this effort are defining analog computation system benchmarks, developing the required concepts for higher-level analog and mixed-signal tools to utilize these benchmarks, and enabling future automated architectural design space exploration (DSE) to determine the best configurable architecture (e.g., a new FPAA) for a certain family of applications. The benchmarks comprise multiple levels of anacoustic, avision, acommunications, and an analogfiltersystem that must be simultaneously satisfied for a complete system.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2212179
PAR ID:
10504737
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
IEEE/ACM
Date Published:
Journal Name:
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems
Volume:
17
Issue:
1
ISSN:
1936-7406
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 25
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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