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A Method for Integrating Network-on-Chip Topologies with 3D ICs
No full textThree dimensional integration is a promising approach for reducing the form factor of chips. Scalable Networks on Chips (NoCs) are a necessity to support the communication requirements of such 3D ICs. Mapping of NoC topologies onto the different layers of the 3D stack, while meeting the 3D technology requirements and application power-performance constraints is an important problem. In this paper, we present an algorithm that addresses this issue of performing 3D layer assignment of NoC components. We also integrate the algorithm with an existing NoC interconnect floor planner. Our experiments on many SoC benchmarks show a reduction of 8 - 10% in the NoC power consumption and a 49% reduction in the number of vertical links (and hence, the Through Silicon Vias (TSVs)) when compared to existing approaches
A Simulation Based Buffer Sizing Algorithm for Network on Chips
No full textBuffers in on-chip networks constitute a significant proportion of the power consumption and area of the interconnect. Hence, reducing the buffering overhead of Networks on Chips (NoCs) is an important problem. For application-specific designs, the network utilization across the different links and switches is non-uniform, thereby requiring a buffer sizing approach that tackles the non uniformity. Moreover, congestion effects that occur during network operation needs to be captured when sizing the buffers. To this end, we propose a two-phase algorithm to size the switch buffers in NoCs. Our algorithm considers both the static (based on bandwidth and latency requirements) and dynamic (based on simulation) effects when sizing buffers. Our experiments show that the application of the algorithm results in 42% reduction in amount of buffering required to meet the application constraints when compared to a standard buffering approach
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
A Buffer-Sizing Algorithm for Network-on-Chips with Multiple Voltage-Frequency Islands
Get PDFBuffers in on-chip networks constitute a significant
proportion of the power consumption and area of the
interconnect, and hence reducing them is an important problem.
Application-specific designs have nonuniform network
utilization, thereby requiring a buffer-sizing approach that
tackles the nonuniformity. Also, congestion effects that occur
during network operation need to be captured when sizing the
buffers. Many NoCs are designed to operate in multiple voltage/frequency islands, with interisland communication taking
place through frequency converters. To this end, we propose
a two-phase algorithm to size the switch buffers in network-on-chips (NoCs) considering support for multiple-frequency
islands. Our algorithm considers both the static and dynamic
effects when sizing buffers. We analyze the impact of placing
frequency converters (FCs) on a link, as well as pack and send
units that effectively utilize network bandwidth. Experiments
on many realistic system-on-Chip (SoC) benchmark show
that our algorithm results in 42% reduction in amount of
buffering when compared to a standard buffering approach
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