Timing high-speed microprocessor circuits using picosecond imaging circuit analysis

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

doi:10.1117/12.424998

11 April 2001 Timing high-speed microprocessor circuits using picosecond imaging circuit analysis

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

Proceedings Volume 4308, High-Speed Imaging and Sequence Analysis III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424998
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

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.

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Steven E. Steen, Moyra K. McManus, and Dennis G. Manzer "Timing high-speed microprocessor circuits using picosecond imaging circuit analysis", Proc. SPIE 4308, High-Speed Imaging and Sequence Analysis III, (11 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424998

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