Assignment 1 due February 15
Assignment 2 due February 22
   Supplement: The HSPICE toolbox for MATLAB: Manual (PDF) and Library (gzipped tar file)
Assignment 3 due March 1
Assignment 4 due March 8
Midterm exam due March 24

Papers for first debate, April 7:
Team 1 (Amanda and Chris): Wonyoung Kim et al., System Level Analysis of Fast, Per-Core DVFS using On-Chip Switching Regulators
Team 2 (Xiao and Peter): Krishna K. Rangan et al., Thread Motion: Fine-Grained Power Management for Multi-Core Systems

Papers for second discussion (April 12) and debate (April 14):
Team 1 (Peter and Amanda): Joyce Kwong et al., A 65 nm Sub-Vt Microcontroller With Integrated SRAM and Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter
Team 2 (Chris and Xiao): Scott Hanson et al., A Low-Voltage Processor for Sensing Applications With Picowatt Standby Mode

Papers for third discussion (April 19) and debate (April 21):
Overview of flip-flops: Vladimir Stojanovic and Vojin G. Oklobdzija, Comparative Analysis of Master-Slave Latches and Flip-Flops for High-Performance and Low-Power Systems
Paper 1: Hamid Partovi et al., Flow-Through Latch and Edge-Triggered Flip-Flop Hybrid Elements
Paper 2: Jiren Yuan and Christer Svensson, New Single-Clock CMOS Latches and Flipflops with Improved Speed and Power Savings

Papers for fourth discussion (April 26) and debate (April 28):
Paper 1: J.U. Knickerbocker et al., Development of Next-Generation System-on-Package Technology Based on Silicon Carriers with Fine-Pitch Chip Interconnection
Paper 2: Geert Van der Plas et al., Design Issues and Considerations for Low-Cost 3D TSV IC Technology