2 papers
cs.CE2026
CSCO: A Backside-PDN-Aware Clock-Signal Co-Optimization Framework for Improved PPA
Zixiao Wang, Leilei Jin, Zhen Zhuang +2
Backside power delivery networks (BSPDN) have emerged as a promising technology for advanced logic nodes to address IR-drop and PPA challenges. While BSPDN introduces additional ro…
cs.AR2026
CUTh-Solver: GPU-Accelerated Sparse Matrix Solver for High-Resolution Thermal Simulation of 3D ICs
Chenghan Wang, Zhen Zhuang, Shui Jiang +9
Coarse-grained thermal simulation tends to underestimate localized thermal issues, potentially missing critical hotspots. Accurate analysis, therefore, demands fine-grained informa…