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This paper presents a design for test (DFT)architecture for fast and scalable testing of array multipliers (MULTs). Regardless of the MULT size, our proposed testable architecture, without major changes in the original architecture,…
This paper introduces NeCTAr (Near-Cache Transformer Accelerator), a 16nm heterogeneous multicore RISC-V SoC for sparse and dense machine learning kernels with both near-core and near-memory accelerators. A prototype chip runs at 400MHz at…
Fundamentally, the dynamics of micro-macro transitions is instrumental to understanding the process of quantum-to-classical transitions; technologically, it can also facilitate the detection of the microscopic signals in quantum experiments…
An amplifier has been designed for optimal use of position sensitive thermal neutron detectors using the principle of resistive charge division. The important points in this optimization are: high counting rates and good spatial resolution.…
This work focuses on optical multiplexers for mid-IR broadband source in gas sensing application. The design of multiplexer configurations based on two types of diffraction gratings is discussed. Owing to utility of Gaussian approximation…
Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) represent a promising alternative to classical photomultipliers, for instance, for the detection of photons in high energy physics and medical physics. In the present work, electrical characterizations of…
Deep learning hardware designs have been bottlenecked by conventional memories such as SRAM due to density, leakage and parallel computing challenges. Resistive devices can address the density and volatility issues, but have been limited by…
This study introduces a novel AI microcontroller optimized for cost-effective, battery-powered edge AI applications. Unlike traditional single bit/cell memory configurations, the proposed microcontroller integrates zero-standby power weight…
In this paper, we present an energy-efficient, yet high-speed approximate maximally redundant signed digit (MRSD) multiplier (called AMR-MUL) based on a parallel structure. For the reduction stage, we suggest several approximate Full-Adder…
A single width NIM module that includes eight channels TAC (time-to-amplitude converter) and QAC (charge-to-amplitude converter) is introduced in the paper, which is designed for the large neutron wall detector to measure charge (energy)…
Memristor crossbar arrays are used in a wide range of in-memory and neuromorphic computing applications. However, memristor devices suffer from non-idealities that result in the variability of conductive states, making programming them to a…
The CALICE collaboration is developing a granular electromagnetic calorimeter using (5-10) mm x 45 mm x 3 mm scintillator strips for a future linear collider experiment. Each scintillator strip is read out by using a Pixelated Photon…
Led by the rise of the internet of things, the world is experiencing exponential growth of generated data. Data-driven algorithms such as signal processing and artificial neural networks are required to process and extract meaningful…
We present a pipelined multiplier with reduced activities and minimized interconnect based on online digit-serial arithmetic. The working precision has been truncated such that $p<n$ bits are used to compute $n$ bits product, resulting in…
A new method based on negative thermal expansion material coating is proposed to realize temperature insensitive fiber coupler. By coating a layer of modified epoxy resin with a negative thermal expansion coefficient onto the coupling…
In this paper a low power and low area array multiplier with carry save adder is proposed. The proposed adder eliminates the final addition stage of the multiplier than the conventional parallel array multiplier. The conventional and…
Cellular metabolic rate is a good indicator of the physiological state of cells and its changes, which can be measured by total heat flux accompanying metabolism. Chip calorimeters can provide label-free and high throughput measurements of…
Compared to planar (i.e., two-dimensional) NAND flash memory, 3D NAND flash memory uses a new flash cell design, and vertically stacks dozens of silicon layers in a single chip. This allows 3D NAND flash memory to increase storage density…
The recent developments of computer and electronic systems have made the use of intelligent systems for the automation of agricultural industries. In this study, the temperature variation of the mushroom growing room was modeled by…
We apply a recently developed adaptive algorithm that systematically improves the efficiency of parallel tempering or replica exchange methods in the numerical simulation of small proteins. Feedback iterations allow us to identify an…