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The management of timing constraints in a real-time operating system (RTOS) is usually realized through a global tick counter. This counter acts as the foundational time unit for all tasks in the systems. In order to establish a connection…

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Standard security protocols like SSL, TLS, IPSec etc. have high memory and processor consumption which makes all these security protocols unsuitable for resource constrained platforms such as Internet of Things (IoT). Blockchain (BC) finds…

The RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) has enjoyed phenomenal growth in recent years, however it still to gain popularity in HPC. Whilst adopting RISC-V CPU solutions in HPC might be some way off, RISC-V based PCIe accelerators offer…

The widespread diffusion of compute-intensive edge-AI workloads and the stringent demands of modern autonomous systems require advanced heterogeneous embedded architectures. Such architectures must support high-performance and reliable…

Vector processor architectures offer an efficient solution for accelerating data-parallel workloads (e.g., ML, AI), reducing instruction count, and enhancing processing efficiency. This is evidenced by the increasing adoption of vector…

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Covert channels enable information leakage across security boundaries of the operating system. Microarchitectural covert channels exploit changes in execution timing resulting from competing access to limited hardware resources. We use the…

In this paper, the program control unit of an embedded RISC processor is enhanced with a novel zero-overhead loop controller (ZOLC) supporting arbitrary loop structures with multiple-entry/exit nodes. The ZOLC has been incorporated to an…

The paper addresses the issue of reliability of complex embedded control systems in the safety-critical environment. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to design controller that (i) guarantees the safety of nonlinear physical…

R has become a cornerstone of scientific and statistical computing due to its extensive package ecosystem, expressive syntax, and strong support for reproducible analysis. However, as data sizes and computational demands grow, native R…

Flexible electronics offer unique advantages for conformable, lightweight, and disposable healthcare wearables. However, their limited gate count, large feature sizes, and high static power consumption make on-body machine learning…

With the advent of smart industry, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are increasingly using Cloud, IoT, and other services to meet Industry 4.0 targets. The connectivity inherent in these services exposes such systems to increased…

The pace of RISC-V adoption continues to grow rapidly, yet for the successes enjoyed in areas such as embedded computing, RISC-V is yet to gain ubiquity in High Performance Computing (HPC). The Sophon SG2044 is SOPHGO's next generation…

Increasingly Industrial Control Systems (ICS) systems are being connected to the Internet to minimise the operational costs and provide additional flexibility. These control systems such as the ones used in power grids, manufacturing and…

Virtualization is a key technology used in a wide range of applications, from cloud computing to embedded systems. Over the last few years, mainstream computer architectures were extended with hardware virtualization support, giving rise to…

The development of an open and free RISC-V architecture is of great interest for a wide range of areas, including high-performance computing and numerical simulation in mathematics, physics, chemistry and other problem domains. In this…