Publications de Edouard Giacomin

A Product Engine for Energy-Efficient Execution of Binary Neural Networks Using Resistive Memories

David Atienza Alonso, Xifan Tang, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Edouard Giacomin, Marina Zapater Sancho, Yasir Mahmood Qureshi, João Miguel Morgado Pereira Vieira

The need for running complex Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), in edge devices, which are highly constrained in terms of computing power and energy, makes it important to execute such applications efficiently. ...

2019

Post-P&R Performance and Power Analysis for RRAM-based FPGAs

Giovanni De Micheli, Xifan Tang, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Edouard Giacomin

Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM)-based FPGAs are predicted to outperform conventional FPGAs architectures in area, delay and power over a wide range of voltage operations, allowing novel energy-quality trade-offs for reconfigurable computing. The oppo ...

2018

FPGA-SPICE: A Simulation-Based Architecture Evaluation Framework for FPGAs

Giovanni De Micheli, Xifan Tang, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Edouard Giacomin

In this paper, we developed a simulation-based architecture evaluation framework for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), called FPGA-SPICE, which enables automatic layout-level estimation and electrical simulations of FPGA architectures. FPGA-SPICE can ...

2018

Resistive random access memory based multiplexers and field programmable gate arrays

Giovanni De Micheli, Gain Kim, Xifan Tang, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Edouard Giacomin

Resistive random access memory (RRAM) based multiplexers and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are provided. The RRAM-based multiplexers and FPGAs include a 4T1R programming structure to program the RRAMs. The programming structure includes two progra ...

2018

Circuit Designs of High-Performance and Low-Power RRAM-Based Multiplexers Based on 4T(ransistor)1R(RAM) Programming Structure

Giovanni De Micheli, Xifan Tang, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Edouard Giacomin

Routing multiplexers based on pass-transistors or transmission gates are an essential components in many digital integrated circuits. However, whatever structure is employed, CMOS multiplexers have two major limitations: 1) their delay is linearly related ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017

Physical Design Considerations of One-level RRAM-based Routing Multiplexers

Giovanni De Micheli, Xifan Tang, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Edouard Giacomin

Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) technology opens the opportunity for granting both high-performance and low- power features to routing multiplexers. In this paper, we study the physical design considerations related to RRAM- based routing mult ...

ACM2017