The spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) has gained increasing
attentions for its high density, fast read access, zero standby power, and good scalability …

Physical Unclonable Functions are emerging cryptographic primitives used to implement
low-cost device authentication and secure secret key generation. In this paper we propose …

In the past, the spin-transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM) suffered from the slow write speed and
the high write energy consumption. The latest progress in device engineering has …

Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) are emerging cryptographic primitives used to
implement low-cost device authentication and secure secret key generation. Weak PUFs (ie …

One of the most promising emerging memory technologies is the Spin-Transfer-Torque
Magnetic Random Access Memory (STT-MRAM), due to its high speed, high endurance, low …

Over the lifetime of a microprocessor, the Hot Carrier Injection (HCI) phenomenon degrades
the threshold voltage, which causes slower transistor switching and eventually results in …

The search goes on for another ground breaking phenomenon to reduce the ever-
increasing disparity between the CPU performance and storage. There are encouraging …

An SRAM circuitry having SRAM cells for storing at least one data word of a length of at least
one bit is provided. Each bit of the data words is stored in an assigned SRAM cell, wherein …

This paper investigates three architectural methods to reduce the leakage power dissipated
by the BTB data array. The first method (called here window) periodically places the entire …

Multicores are becoming ubiquitous, not only in general-purpose but also embedded
computing. This trend is a reflection of contemporary embedded applications posing steadily …