Publications
Journal Papers
- W. Rhett Davis, John Wilson, Stephen Mick, Jian Xu, Hao Hua, Christopher Mineo, Ambarish M. Sule, Michael Steer, and Paul D. Franzon, "Demystifying 3D ICs: The pros and cons of going vertical" IEEE Transaction on Design & Test of Computers 2005, Volume 22, Issue 6, page(s) 498- 510, Nov.-Dec. 2005
- Ramsey Hourani, Ravi Jenkal , W. Rhett Davis, Winser Alexander, "Automated Design Space Exploration for DSP Applications", In The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image, and Video Technology, May 2008.
Conference Papers
- W. Rhett Davis, "Getting High-Performance Silicon from System-Level Design" IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (IS-VLSI), pp. 238-243, Tampa, FL, Feb. 20-21, 2003.
- W. Rhett Davis, A. M. Sule, and H. Hua, "Multi-Parameter Power Minimization of Synthesized Datapaths",IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (IS-VLSI), pp. 151-157, Lafayette, LA, Feb. 19-20, 2004.
- Hao Hua, W.Rhett Davis et al., "Pre-route Net Classing for Crosstalk Avoidance" CDN2005 (Cadence Designer network).
- W.Rhett Davis, H. Hua, A. Sule, C. Mineo, M. Steer, "Wire-Delay Reduction Analysis of a 3-Tier, 8-Point Fast-Fourier Transform 3D-IC", International VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference, October 4 - 6, 2005.
- H. Hua, C. Mineo, K. Schoenfliess, A. Sule, S. Melamed, W.Rhett Davis, "Performance Trend in Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits", IEEE Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC), June 5 - 7, 2006.
- Sonali Luniya, William Batty, Vincent Caccamesi, Mikael Garcia, Carlos Christoffersen, Samson Melamed, W. Rhett Davis, and Michael Steer, "Compact Electrothermal Modeling of an X-band MMIC", Proceedings of the International Microwave Symposium, June 11, 2006.
- Hao Hua, Chris Mineo, K. Schoenfliess, Samson Melamed, Ambarish Sule , Ravi Jenkal, W.Rhett Davis, "Exploring Compromises among Timing, Power and Temperature in Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits", 43rd Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2006, July 24 - 28, 2006.
- Ravi Jenkal, Hao Hua, Ambarish Sule, W. Rhett Davis, "Architecture for Energy Efficient Sphere Decoding", IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference (SOCC) 2006, Austin, TX, Sept 24-27 2006.
- P. D. Franzon, W. R. Davis, M. B. Steer, J. M. Wilson, Jian Xu, Hua Hao, Steve Lipa, "Contactless and via'd high-throughput 3D systems", Materials Research Society Fall 06 Meeting, 2006.
- W. Rhett Davis and Chris Mineo, "Breaking Rent's Rule: Opportunities for 3D Interconnect Networks", International VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference, Fremont, CA, September 26 - 28 2006.
- J. E. Stine, I. Castellanos, W. R. Davis, P. D. Franzon, M. Bucher, S. Basavarajaiah, J. Oh, R. Jenkal, " FreePDK: An Open-Source Variation-Aware Design Kit", International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE07), San Diego, CA, June 2 - 4 2007.
- W. Rhett Davis, Ambarish M. Sule, Kory M. Schoenfliess, "3D Interconnect Device Design: Theory vs. Reality", Future Fab International. Volume 23, July 09, 2007.
- Ravi Jenkal, W. Rhett Davis," An Architecture for Energy Efficient Sphere Decoding", International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), Portland, OR, August 27-29 2007.
- Ambarish Sule, W. Rhett Davis," Designing FIFO Buffers Using 3-D IC Technology", 24th International VLSI/ULSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference, Fremont, CA , pp. 267-272, Sept. 25-28 2007.
- Paul D. Franzon, W Rhett Davis, Michael B. Steer, Hua Hao, Steven Lipa, Sonali Luniya, Christopher Mineo, Julie Oh, Ambirish Sule, Thor Thorolfsson, " Design for 3D Integration and Application", IEEE International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics (ISSSE). , Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 30 - Aug. 2 2007.
- Chris Mineo, Ravi Jenkal, Samson Melamed, W. Rhett Davis, "Inter-Die Signaling in Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits", To appear in 30th IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) , September 21 - 24, San Jose, California
Workshop Papers
- Ramsey Hourani, Ravi Jenkal, W. Rhett Davis, Winser Alexander,"Tool Integration for Signal Processing Architectural Exploration" Presentation in IEEE Electronic Design Process Symposium (EDPS'06), Monterey, CA, April 13-14, 2006.
- Ramsey Hourani, Ravi Jenkal, W. Rhett Davis, Winser Alexander,"Automated Architectural Exploration for Signal Processing Algorithms" In IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS'06), Banff, AB, Canada, October 2- 4, 2006.

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