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Dr. W. Rhett Davis

Associate Professor

| Biography

W. Rhett Davis' research is centered on developing methodologies, CAD tools, and circuits for systems-on-chip in emerging technologies. His interests include 3DIC design and low-power and high-performance circuit design for digital signal-processing and embedded systems. He has worked briefly with Chameleon Systems in San Jose, California and Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent) in Boeblingen, Germany.

| Education

  1. 2002 - PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
  2. 1997 - MS in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
  3. 1994 - BS in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

| Primary Research Interests

  1. Computer Architecture and Systems (Including Special-Purpose Processor Architectures, VLSI and Computer Aided Design, VLSI System Design / ASIC Design Methods)
  2. Electronic Circuits and Systems (Including Computer-Aided Design / Modeling, Digital Circuits, VLSI)

| Other Research Interests

  1. Communications and Signal Processing (Including Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing)

| Selected Publications

  1. W. R. Davis, J. Wilson, S. Mick, J. Xu, H. Hua, C. Mineo, A. M. Sule, M. Steer, and P. D. Franzon, "Demystifying 3D ICs: The Pros and Cons of Going Vertical," IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 498-510, Nov.-Dec. 2005.
  2. H. Hua, C. Mineo, K. Schoenfliess, A. Sule, S. Melamed, R. Jenkal, and W. R. Davis, “Exploring Compromises among Timing, Power and Temperature in Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits,” Design Automation Conference, July 2006.
  3. S. Luniya, W. Batty, V. Caccamesi, M. Garcia, C. Christoffersen, S. Melamed, W. R. Davis, and M. Steer, "Compact Electrothermal Modeling of an X-band MMIC," Proceedings of the International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 2006.
  4. R. Jenkal, H. Hua, A. Sule, and W. R. Davis, "Architecture for Energy Efficient Sphere Decoding", Accepted for publication to IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference (SOCC) 2006, Sept 24-27 2006.
  5. W. R. Davis, N. Zhang, K. Camera, D. Marković, T. Smilkstein, M. J. Ammer, E. Yeo, S. Augsburger, B. Nikolić, R. W. Brodersen, "A Design Environment for High-Throughput, Low-Power Dedicated SignalProcessing Systems", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, March 2002

| Awards and Honors

  • 2007 - NSF Career Award