论文信息 - Timing high-speed microprocessor circuits using picosecond imaging circuit analysis

Timing high-speed microprocessor circuits using picosecond imaging circuit analysis

IBM Research has developed a time resolved imaging technique, Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis (PICA), which uses single photon events to analyze signals in modern microprocessors on a picosecond time scale. This paper will describe the experimental setup as well as the data management software. A case study of a particularly hard debug problem on a state of the art microprocessor will demonstrate the application of the PICA method.

Dennis G. Manzer | Moyra K. McManus | Steven E. Steen

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