Developing energy-efficient multimedia processors for next generation mobile platforms.

Multimedia system design for mobile platforms at the Mobile Processor Innovation Lab.

Portable electronics has fueled the rich emergence of multimedia applications that have led to the exponential growth in content creation and consumption. New energy-efficient integrated circuits and systems are necessary to enable the increasingly complex augmented-reality applications, such as high-performance multimedia, “big-data” processing and smart healthcare, in real-time on mobile platforms of the future. This work explores an energy-efficient system design approach with algorithm, architecture and circuit co-design for multiple application areas.

Development of efficient system architecture through algorithm-architecture co-design for computational photography applications using camera sensor arrays in mobile devices.

Implementation of SSTA Timing Closure Methodology for ICs operating at Low Voltage. Implemented the SSTA approach using commercial CAD tools and integrated into IC design flow. Demonstrated the approach on a DSP IC.

Statistical Static Timing Analysis at Ultra-Low Voltage Operation. Developed an approach for standard cell library characterization and timing path analysis at ultra-low voltage in presence of global and local variations.

Accurate Timing and Power Characterization of Static Single Track Full BuffersAdvisor: Prof. Peter Beerel