• IT SoC Magazine
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• 통권4호
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• pp.40-42
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• 2004

• IT SoC Magazine
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• 통권24호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2008

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.244-252
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• 2015

This paper describes the design and implementation of a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for face recognition to use in wearable/mobile products. The design flow starts from the system specification to implementation process on silicon. The entire process is carried out using a FPGA-based prototyping platform environment for design and verification of the target SoC. To ensure that the implemented face recognition SoC satisfies the required performances metrics, time analysis and recognition tests were performed. The motivation behind the work is a single chip implementation of face recognition system for target applications.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.503-506
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• 2015

IoT(Internet of Things) 상용화에 따라 무선 통신이 가능한 하드웨어 구조 개발의 필요성이 증가하고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 디바이스 간 연동이 가능한 Smart Frame System이 내장된 SoC(System on a Chip) 플랫폼 하드웨어 구조를 제안한다. 기존 디지털 액자에 무선통신 기능과 실시간 처리가 가능한 하드웨어 구조를 적용하였고, Bluetooth를 이용하여 제어할 수 있는 스마트폰 어플리케이션을 개발하였다. 제안하는 SoC 플랫폼의 하드웨어 구조는 CIS(CMOS Image Sensor) Controller 모듈, Memory Controller 모듈, 확대, 축소, 회전 등의 다양한 영상처리를 위한 ISP(Image Signal Processing) 모듈, 디바이스 간 통신을 위한 Bluetooth Interface, 영상 출력을 위한 VGA Controller 모듈, TFT-LCD Controller 모듈로 구성된다. IoT 서비스를 지원하는 Smart Frame System은 Virtex4 XC4VLX80 FPGA 디바이스가 장착된 HBE-SoC-IPD 테스트 보드를 사용하여 구현 및 검증하였으며, 동작 주파수는 54MHz이다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.89-101
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• 2005

Research on highly abstracted system modeling and simulation has received a great deal of attention as of the concept of platform based design is becoming ubiquitous. From a practical design point of view, such modeling and simulation must consider the following: (i) fast simulation speed and cycle accuracy, (ii) early availability for early stage software development, (iii) inter-operability with external tools for software development, and (iv) reusability of the models. Unfortunately, however, all of the previous works only partially addresses the requirements, due to the inherent conflicts among the requirements. The objective of this study is to develop a new system design methodology to effectively address the requirements mentioned above. We propose a new transaction-level system modeling methodology, called ViP (Virtual Platform). We propose a two-step approach in the ViP method. In phase 1, we create a ViP for early stage software development (before RTL freeze). The ViP created in this step provides high speed simulation, lower cycle accuracy with only minor modeling effort.(satisfying (ii)). In phase 2, we refine the ViP to increase the cycle accuracy for system performance analysis and software optimization (satisfying (i)). We also propose a systematic ViP modeling flow and unified interface scheme based on utilities developed for maximizing reusability and productivity (satisfying (ii) and (iv)) and finally, we demonstrate VChannel, a generic scheme to provide a connection between the ViP and the host-resident application software (satisfying (iii)). ViP had been applied to several System-on-a-chip (SoC) designs including mobile applications, enabling engineers to improve performance while reducing the software development time by 30% compared to traditional methods.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 Full HD TV를 위한 화질 개선 VDP( Video Display Processor)의 SoC( System on a Chip) 구현을 위한 효율적인 하드웨어 구조를 제안한다. 제안한 구조는 SoC 설계의 한 방법으로써 효율적인 버스 구조와 유연성 있는 인터페이스를 지원하여 실시간 비디오 처리를 가능하게 한다. VDP를 구성 하고 있는 비디오 IP 들은 고화질 영상 제공 및 화질 개선을 위한 목적으로 설계 되었고, 각각의 IP는 실시간성 보장 및 SoC의 하드웨어 통합을 위해서 Avalon 인터페이스가 사용되었다. 이는 설계시간을 단축하고, IP 검증과 특히 SoC를 구성하는데 있어서 IP 추가 삭제 및 변경 등이 용이함으로써 사용자의 편리성을 높여준다. 또한 SoC의 임베디드 소프트웨어는 실시간으로 비디오 세부 항목 설정 및 데이터 전송 방식 설정 등을 제어할 수 있음으로써 유연성 있는 실시간 처리 시스템을 구현할 수 있다. VDP의 SoC 구현은 CyclonIII SoPC(System on a Programmable Chip) 플랫폼 상에서 구현되었으며, 실험 결과 SD 해상도의 입력 영상을 Full HD 해상도로 변환시킴으로써 고화질 영상을 획득 할 수 있다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.510-516
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• 2003

In this paper, we describe the development of a platform-based SoC of a 32-bit smart card. The smart card uses a 32-bit microprocessor for high performance and two cryptographic processors for high security. It supports both contact and contactless interfaces, which comply with ISO/IEC 7816 and 14496 Type B. It has a Java Card OS to support multiple applications. We modeled smart card readers with a foreign language interface for efficient verification of the smart card SoC. The SoC was implemented using 0.25 ${\mu}m$ technology. To reduce the power consumption of the smart card SoC, we applied power optimization techniques, including clock gating. Experimental results show that the power consumption of the RSA and ECC cryptographic processors can be reduced by 32% and 62%, respectively, without increasing the area.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2007

According to development of wireless communication technologies, we need not only high data rate but low data rate system of low power consumption. This low data rate system is utilized in the field of home automation, health care, sensoring and monitoring, etc. IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPAN system is the best choice for realizing ubiquitous networking system. In this paper SoC Architecture for IEEE 802.15.4 Low Rate WPAN is designed. IEEE 802.15.4 Low Rate WPAN system serves the functions and realization of home area network. We propose the SoC architecture for 868/915MHz frequency band of IEEE 802.15.4 Low Rate WPAN system. The key issue is to design SoC architecture which provides the function of Low Rate WPAN system to meet the requirement of IEEE 802.15.4 standards.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.440-445
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• 2004

The design and implementation of a Network Processor using System-on-a-chip(SoC) technology is presented. The proposed network processor can handle several protocols as well as various types of traffics simultaneously. The proposed SoC consists of ARM processor core, ATM block, AAL processing block, Ethernet block and a scheduler. The scheduler guarantees QoS of the voice traffic and supports multiple AAL2 packet. The SoC is manufactured on the 0.35 micron fabrication line of HYNIX semiconductor, the total number of gates is about 312,000, for a maximum operating frequency of over to 50㎒.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.505-513
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• 2017

As mobile systems are performing various functionality in the IoT (Internet of Things) era, network-on-chip (NoC) plays a pivotal role to support communication between the tens and in the future potentially hundreds of interacting modules in system-on-chips (SoCs). Owing to intensive research efforts more than a decade, NoCs are now widely adopted in various SoC designs. Especially, studies on application-specific NoCs (ASNoCs) that consider the heterogeneous nature of modern SoCs contribute a significant share to use of NoCs in actual SoCs, i.e., ASNoC connects non-uniform processing units, memory, and other intellectual properties (IPs) using flexible router positions and communication paths. Although it is not difficult to find the prior works on ASNoC synthesis and optimization, little research has addressed the issues how to convert different protocols and data widths to make a NoC compatible with various IPs. Thus, in this paper, we address important issues on ASNoC implementation to support and convert multiple interfaces. Based on the in-depth discussions, we finally introduce our FPGA-proven full-custom ASNoC.