Talk 8.6: 3:15PM–4:15PM
| Session Name: | Novel FPGA Architectures and Advances in CAD Tools |
| Session Time: | 3:15PM–4:15PM |
| Author Name: | Navid Toosizadeh |
| Author Email: | navid@eecg.toronto.edu |
| Talk Title: | Application-driven Synthesis for Asynchronous Systems |
| Slides: | 8-6.ppt |
| Abstract: | Asynchronous designs have been the object of active research since the mid 1950's but they still haven't reached a widespread use. Compared to synchronous systems, asynchronous systems have very desirable properties such as low power consumption, better adaptability to environmental variations and better resilience to process variations. One of the challenges in this field is the lack of strong synthesis tools. In this presentation, some novel approaches are given to improve the synthesis of asynchronous circuits. In particular, three techniques to reduce the control overhead of handshake circuits will be introduced. |
| Research Group: | Computer |
| Degree Program: | Ph.D. |
| Author Bio: | Navid Toosizadeh received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran in 2002 and the M.Sc. degree in the same discipline from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran in 2005. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering at University of Toronto. He has also worked as a digital system designer on several projects including local multipoint distribution service (LMDS). His research interests include applications of asynchronous systems, synthesis of asynchronous circuits, very-large-scale integration (VLSI) architectures, and applications of filed-programmable gate array (FPGA) in digital signal processing and communication systems. |