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SoCs are now designed with their own AI accelerator segment to accommodate the ever-increasing demand of Deep Learning (DL) applications. With powerful MAC engines for matrix multiplications, these accelerators show high computing…
The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is widely employed for multi-beam digital beamforming. The DFT can be efficiently implemented through the use of fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithms, thus reducing chip area, power consumption,…
This study considers a dual-polarized intelligent reflecting surface (DP-IRS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) single-user wireless communication system. The transmitter and receiver are equipped with DP antennas, and each…
We present an optimized Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) implementation for Apple Silicon GPUs, achieving 138.45~GFLOPS for $N\!=\!4096$ complex single-precision transforms -- a 29\% improvement over Apple's highly optimized vDSP/Accelerate…
The oversampling technique has been shown to increase the SNR and is used in many high-performance systems such as in the ADC for audio and DAT systems. This paper presents the design of the decimation and it's VLSI implementation which is…
Distributed hardware of acoustic sensor networks bears inconsistency of local sampling frequencies, which is detrimental to signal processing. Fundamentally, sampling rate offset (SRO) nonlinearly relates the discrete-time signals acquired…
The current zero trust model adopted in System-on-Chip (SoC) design is vulnerable to various malicious entities, and modern SoC designs must incorporate various security policies to protect sensitive assets from unauthorized access. These…
Reliability has taken centre stage in the development of high-performance computing processors. A Surge of interest is noticeable in recent times in formulating fault and failure models, understanding failure mechanism and strategizing…
High-Performance Computing (HPC) processors are nowadays integrated Cyber-Physical Systems demanding complex and high-bandwidth closed-loop power and thermal control strategies. To efficiently satisfy real-time multi-input multi-output…
Integrate-and-Fire (IF) is an idealized model of the spike-triggering mechanism of a biological neuron. It is used to realize the bio-inspired event-based principle of information processing in neuromorphic computing. We show that IF is…
Zak-OTFS provides a framework for integrated sensing & communication (ISAC) in high delay and Doppler spread environments. Pulse shaping filter design enables joint optimization of sensing and communication performance. For sensing, a…
Most all-optical logic processing devices reported in the literature rely on nonlinear effects, which increase implementation complexity and hinder scalability in larger optical circuits. In this work, we present the numerical modeling of…
We present a design and implementation of the Thomas algorithm optimized for hardware acceleration on an FPGA, the Thomas Core. The hardware-based algorithm combined with the custom data flow and low level parallelism available in an FPGA…
SmartNIC Data Processing Units (DPUs) offer a promising solution for saving high-end CPU resources by offloading tasks to programmable cores near the network interface. In this work, we explore the feasibility of SmartNIC DPUs in supporting…
With the explosion of data traffic triggered by 5G/6G and Generative artificial intelligence, coherent optical communication is moving towards higher baud rates and more complex modulation formats. This leads to a significant increase in…
Compact fiber-to-chip couplers play an important role in optical interconnections, especially in data centers. However, the development of couplers has been mostly limited to standard single mode fibers, with few devices compatible with…
Domain-specific SoCs (DSSoCs) are attractive solutions for domains with stringent power/performance/area constraints; however, they suffer from two fundamental complexities. On the one hand, their many specialized hardware blocks result in…
The next-generation Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) inherently requires smart devices featuring rich connectivity, local intelligence, and autonomous behavior. Emerging Multiprocessor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) platforms along with…
The growing popularity of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) and their applications has led to a significant fast-paced increase of neuromorphic architectures capable of mimicking the spike-based data processing typical of biological neurons.…
This paper investigates the application of fast-convolution (FC) filtering schemes for flexible and effective waveform generation and processing in the fifth generation (5G) systems. FC-based filtering is presented as a generic multimode…