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Most frequently referred papers
[1] L. Benini,
P. Siegel, G. De Micheli, "Saving power by synthesizing gated
clocks for sequential circuits," IEEE Design & Test of Computers,
vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 32-40, Winter 1994.
This paper posed the theoretical and algorithmic foundations for the
automatic instantiation of gated clocks. Clock gating has become one
of the cornerstones of power optimization, and this paper was among
the first to demonstrate that the extraction of clock gating conditions
and the instantiation of clock-gating circuits can be automated. The
techniques proposed in this paper have found applications in many
commercial EDA tools for power optimization. An enhancement of this
work have been successfully patented: US Patent. N. 6,704,678, L.
Benini, J. Sproch, B. Wurth "Apparatus and method for improved
precomputation to minimize power dissipation of integrated circuits",
2004
[2] L. Benini, A. Bogliolo,
G. Paleologo, G. De Micheli, "Policy Optimization for Dynamic
Power Management," IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design
of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 813-833, June
1999.
This paper introduced a theoretical framework for the analysis and
the optimization of power-management policies based on shutdown. The
problem of finding an optimal shutdown policy is cast as a stochastic
optimization problem and it is optimally solved in polynomial time
using the theory of Markov decision processes. The work presented
in this paper has been at the basis of many later contributions in
the area of power management. Policy optimization techniques are now
commonly used in industry.
[3] L. Benini, G. De
Micheli, "Networks on chip: a new SoC paradigm", IEEE Computer,
vol. 35, no. 1, Jan. 2002.
This work presented a new approach to the design of on-chip interconnects.
It outlined the need for a paradigm shift from bus-based solution
to scalable and compositional fabrics. It also provided a conceptual
framework for the development of new design flows and tools for large-scale,
communication-dominated integrated systems. This paper is commonly
referenced by researchers in the area, and it contributed to the development
of interconnect architectures that are finding wide adoption in the
semiconductor industry
Other Selected publications
Computer-aided design
for low-power
1. L. Benini, G.
De Micheli, E. Macii, M. Poncino, R. Scarsi, ``A
Multi-level Engine for Fast Power Simulation of Realistic Input Streams,''
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
and Systems, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 459--472, April 2000. This paper
tackles the problem of accelerating power-estimation at the gate level
without compromising activity, exploiting multi-level simulation.
2. A. Acquaviva, L. Benini, B. Riccò,
``Software-controlled processor speed
setting for low-power streaming multimedia,''
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
and Systems, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 1283-1292, Nov. 2001. This paper
presents an original application-directed technique for controlling
the speed of variable-frequency processors for multi-media decoding.
3. L. Benini, D. Bruni, A. Macii, E.
Macii, M. Poncino, "Discharge
Current Steering for Battery Lifetime Optimization",
IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 985-995, August
2003, IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, USA. This is one of the first approaches
to battery-aware power management of alectronic systems. New policies
are presented for enhancing battery lifetime directly, as opposed
to traditional approaches targeting average power minimization
4. F. Menichelli, L. Benini, M. Olivieri,
"A Class of Code Compression Schemes
for Reducing Power Consumption in Embedded Microprocessor Systems",
IEEE Transaction on Computers, 53(4): 467-482, 2004. This paper presents
novel code compression scheme that significantly reduced instruction
memory power consumption for embedded processors.
5. Bogliolo, A.; Benini, L.; Lattanzi,
E.; De Micheli, G.; "Specification
and analysis of power-managed systems"
Proceedings of the IEEE , 92(8):1308-1346, Aug. 2004. This paper exploits
the theory of generalized-semi-Markov decision processes to describe,
analyze and optimize a wide variety of power-manageable systems (from
variable-voltage processors to sensor networks)
Logic synthesis and memory
architecture synthesis
1. L. Benini, P.
Vuillod, G. De Micheli, "Iterative
re-mapping for logic circuits," IEEE
Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.
vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 948-964, Oct. 1998. This paper presented a very
general Boolean matching technique to find library gates that match
a sub-netlist in a given combinational logic circuit. An efficient
BDD-based implementation is also described.
2. L. Benini, G. De Micheli, E. Macii,
M. Poncino, "Telescopic units:
a new paradigm for performance optimization of VLSI designs,"
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
and Systems, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 220-232, March 1998. This paper presents
a technique for automating the creation of variable-latency functional
units, extending techniques are manually applied in full-custom circuit
design.
3. F. Angiolini, L. Benini, A. Caparra,
"An efficient profile-based algorithm
for scratchpad memory partitioning"
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
and Systems, Vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1660-1676, Nov. 2005. This paper
describes a computationally efficient technique for automatic synthesis
of a partitioned (multi-bank) scratchpad memory tuned for a given
access profile.
System-on-chip and
Network on chip: modeling, design and synthesis.
1. Benini, D. Bertozzi,
D. Bruni, N. Drago, F. Fummi, M. Poncino, "SystemC
Cosimulation and Emulation of Multiprocessor SoC Designs",
IEEE Computer, Volume: 36 Issue: 4, April 2003 Page(s): 53 -59. This
paper presents a technique for building a simulation platform for
multi-processors architectures in a modular fashion, using existing
simulation models. This work pioneered the now well-known concept
of "virtual platform"
2. A. Jalabert, S. Murali; R. Tamhankar,
S. Stergiou, D. Bertozzi, L. Benini, G. De Micheli, "NoC
synthesis flow for customized domain specific multiprocessor systems-on-chip",
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 16, no.
2, pp. 113-129, Feb 2005. This paper describes the first NoC synthesis
flow from high-level specification of a communication graph to synthesizable
RTL.
3. L. Benini, D. Bertozzi, "Network-on-chip
architectures and design methods,"
IEE Proceedings - Computers and Digital Techniques, vol. 152, no.
2, pp. 261-272, Mar 2005. This paper surveys network on-chip architectures
and NoC design issues, and describes the architecture of the Xpipes
nerwork on-chip.
DNA sensors,
Biochips and DNA microarray signal processign and data mining
1. C. Guiducci, C. Stagni, G. Zuccheri,
A. Bogliolo, L. Benini, B. Samorì. B. Riccò, "DNA
Detection by Integrable Electronics", Biosensors and Bioelectronics,
19(1):781-787, 2004. This paper presents a label-free capacitive sensor
for detecting DNA hybridization. This sensor is well suited to single-chip
integration.
2. S. Yoon, C. Nardini, L. Benini, G.
De Micheli, "Discovering Coherent Biclusters
from Gene Expression Data Using Zero-suppressed Binary Decision Diagrams,"
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 339-354, Oct.-Dec. 2005. This paper presents a
novel technique for computing all high-affinity bi-clusters in a data
matrix, using symbolic manipulation techniques.
3. E. Ficarra, D. Masotti, E. Macii,
L. Benini, G. Zuccheri, B. Samori, "Automatic
intrinsic DNA curvature computation from AFM images",
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 52, no. 12, pp.
2074-2086, Dec. 2005. This paper describes the first fully automated
technique for dentifying DNA molecules and computing their curvature
in atomic force microscope images.
4. C. Stagni Degli Esposti, C. Guiducci.
C. Paulus, M. Schiele, M. Augustyniak, G. Zuccheri, B. Samorì,
L. Benini, B. Riccò, R. Thewes, "Fully
Electronic CMOS DNA Detection Array Based on Capacitance Measurement
with On-Chip Analog-to-Digital Conversion", International
Solid-State Circuit Conference, 2006. This paper presents the first
label-free fully electronic DNA chip based on interface capacitance
measurement in CMOS technology.
Ambient
intelligence and wireless sensor networks
1. Elisabetta Farella, Davide Brunelli,
Luca Benini, Bruno Riccò, Maria Elena Bonfigli, "Pervasive
Computing for Interactive Virtual Heritage," IEEE MultiMedia
,vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 46-58, July-September, 2005. A platform for interactive
virtual heritage applications integrates a high-end virtual reality
system with wireless, connected wearable computers, facilitating and
enhancing user navigation, visualization control, and peer-to-peer
information exchange.
2. Elisabetta Farella, Augusto Pieracci,
Davide Brunelli, Luca Benini, Bruno Riccò, Andrea Acquaviva:
"Design and Implementation of WiMoCA
Node for a Body Area Wireless Sensor Network". IEEE ICW/ICHSN/ICMCS/SENET
2005: 342-347. This paper presents the design and implementation of
a wireless sensor node for a Motion Capture system with Accelerometers
(WiMoCA). WiMoCA nodes implement a Wireless Body Area Sensor Network
(WBASN) for wireless/wearable distributed gesture recognition system.
3. Sama, M.; Pacella, V.; Farella, E.;
Benini, L.; Ricco, B., "3dID: a Low-power,
Low-cost Hand Motion Capture Device," Design, Automation
and Test in Europe, 2006. DATE '06. Proceedings , vol.2, no.pp. 1-
6, 06-10 March 2006. This paper presents a novel low-power, low-cost
input glove device design for capturing gestures. It can be used as
a stand-alone platform or combined with other wireless sensor nodes
in a body area network.
4. Brunelli, D.; Farella, E.; Rocchi,
L.; Dozza, M.; Chiari, L.; Benini, L., "Bio-feedback
system for rehabilitation based on a wireless body area network,"
Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, 2006. PerCom Workshops
2006. Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on , vol., no.pp.
5 pp.-, 13-17 March 2006. In this paper we describe BIO-WWS, a bio-feedback
system for rehabilitation based on dedicated, wireless, sensor-network
architecture. The sensor network is designed to be distributed on
the user's body for balance monitoring and correction.
5. Prati, A., Vezzani, R., Benini, L.,
Farella, E., and Zappi, P. 2005. "An
integrated multi-modal sensor network for video surveillance".
In Proceedings of the Third ACM international Workshop on Video Surveillance
&Amp; Sensor Networks (Hilton, Singapore, November 11 - 11, 2005).
VSSN '05. ACM Press, New York, NY, 95-102. To enhance video surveillance
systems, multi-modal sensor integration can be a successful strategy.
In this work, a computer vision system able to detect and track people
from multiple cameras is integrated with a wireless sensor network
mounting PIR (Passive InfraRed) sensors.
6. Clemens Moser, Davide Brunelli, Lothar
Thiele, Luca Benini "Lazy Scheduling
for Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes" 5th IFIP Working Conference
on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems DIPES 2006, Braga, Portugal,
October, 2006. Energy harvesting has recently emerged as a viable
option to increase the lifetime of sensor nodes. In this field, we
have conducted research in order to optimize the energy flow on a
sensor node under real-time predictability constraints.
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