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Next-generation mixed-criticality Systems-on-chip (SoCs) for robotics, automotive, and space must execute mixed-criticality AI-enhanced sensor processing and control workloads, ensuring reliable and time-predictable execution of critical…

RISC-V is gaining popularity for its adaptability and cost-effectiveness in processor design. With the increasing adoption of RISC-V, the importance of implementing robust security verification has grown significantly. In the state of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Sharjeel Imtiaz , Uljana Reinsalu , Tara Ghasempouri

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer high energy efficiency and event-driven computation, ideal for low-power edge AI. Their hardware implementation on FPGAs, however, faces challenges due to heavy computation, large memory use, and limited…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Mohammad Javad Sekonji , Ali Mahani , Maryam Mirsadeghi , Mahdi Taheri

Mastering computational architectures is essential for developing fast and power-efficient programs. Our advanced simulator empowers both IT students and professionals to grasp the fundamentals of superscalar RISC-V processors, HW/SW…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-13 Jiri Jaros , Michal Majer , Jakub Horky , Jan Vavra

Open-source RISC-V cores are increasingly adopted in high-end embedded domains such as automotive, where maximizing instructions per cycle (IPC) is becoming critical. Building on the industry-supported open-source CVA6 core and its…

As the need for more computing power grows, traditional methods are hitting limits. To boost performance, we're expanding Central Processing Unit (CPU) capabilities and using specialized hardware accelerators. For example, mobile devices…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Hassan Nassar , Rafik Youssef , Lars Bauer , Jörg Henkel

The ability to collect statistics about the execution of a program within a CPU is of the utmost importance across all fields of computing since it allows characterizing the timing performance of a program. This capability is even more…

Recently, RISC-V has contributed to the development of IoT devices, requiring architectures that balance energy efficiency, compact area, and integrated security. However, most recent RISC-V cores for IoT prioritize either area footprint or…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Christian Ewert , Tim Hardow , Melf Fritsch , Leon Dietrich , Henrik Strunck , Rainer Buchty , Mladen Berekovic , Saleh Mulhem

This paper introduces BASIC_RV32s, an open-source framework providing a practical microarchitectural roadmap for the RISC-V RV32I architecture, addressing the gap between theoretical knowledge and hardware implementation. Following the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Hyun Woo Kang , Ji Woong Choi

In recent decades, neuromorphic computing aiming to imitate brains' behaviors has been developed in various fields of computer science. The Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is an important concept in Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-10-07 Jiulong Wang , Ruopu Wu , Guokai Chen , Xuhao Chen , Boran Liu , Jixiang Zong , Di Zhao

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…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2011-11-09 Nikolaos Kavvadias , Spiridon Nikolaidis

We propose a design-time framework (named HYDRA-C) for integrating security tasks into partitioned real-time systems (RTS) running on multicore platforms. Our goal is to opportunistically execute security monitoring mechanisms in a…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Monowar Hasan , Sibin Mohan , Rodolfo Pellizzoni , Rakesh B. Bobba

FPGA overlays are commonly implemented as coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures with a goal to improve designers' productivity through balancing flexibility and ease of configuration of the underlying fabric. To truly facilitate full…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-22 Ho-Cheung Ng , Cheng Liu , Hayden Kwok-Hay So

RISC-V CPUs leverage the RVV (RISC-V Vector) extension to accelerate data-parallel workloads. In addition to arithmetic operations, RVV includes powerful permutation instructions that enable flexible element rearrangement within vector…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Vasileios Titopoulos , George Alexakis , Chrysostomos Nicopoulos , Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos

Resource-limited robots face significant challenges in executing computationally intensive tasks, such as locomotion and manipulation, particularly for real-time optimal control algorithms like Model Predictive Control (MPC). This paper…

In this paper we propose an Intelligent Management System which is capable of managing the automobile functions using the rigorous real-time principles and a multicore processor in order to realize higher efficiency and safety for the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-08 Vaidehi. M. , T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair

With the continuous increase in the number of software-based attacks, there has been a growing effort towards isolating sensitive data and trusted software components from untrusted third-party components. A hardware-assisted intra-process…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-07 Leila Delshadtehrani , Sadullah Canakci , Manuel Egele , Ajay Joshi

RISC-V-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) are gaining traction in the automotive and IoT sectors as a foundation for protecting sensitive computations. However, the supporting infrastructure around these TEEs remains immature. In…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Annika Wilde , Samira Briongos , Claudio Soriente , Ghassan Karame

Multi-core vector processor architectures excel in handling computationally intensive vectorizable tasks but struggle to achieve optimal resource utilization when facing sequential and control tasks that cannot be vectorized. This work…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Matteo Perotti , Michele Raeber , Mattia Sinigaglia , Matheus Cavalcante , Davide Rossi , Luca Benini

Chip industry continues advancing and expanding modern computing systems, resulting in more complex multi-core processors. Conversely, academic projects face scalability challenges due to limited resources, highlighting the need for…