David Hopkins
Director, VLSI Research
David Hopkins
David Hopkins is a Principal Hardware Engineer for Oracle Labs.
Publications
Conference Publication
Design Considerations of Monolithically Integrated Voltage Regulators for Multicore Processors
Hesam Fathi Moghadam, Ji Eun Jang, Michael Dayringer, Ben Rak Amnouykit, Guanghua Shu, Anatoly Yakovlev, Yue Zhang, Robert Hopkins
Conference Publication
System Considerations for Capacitive Chip-to-Chip Signaling
Alex Chow, Philip Amberg, Michael Dayringer, Hesam Fathi Moghadam, Ronald Ho, Robert Hopkins, Jon Lexau, Frankie Liu, Justin Schauer
Article
An Evaluation of Asynchronous Stacks
Jo Ebergen, Daniel Finchelstein, Russell Kao, Jon Lexau, Robert Hopkins
Conference Publication
On-chip CMOS position sensors using coherent detection
A. Chow, R. Ho, D. Hopkins, D. Popovic
Conference Publication
Employing coherent detection for on-chip six-axis position sensors
A. Chow, R. Ho, D. Hopkins, D. Popovic
Article
Circuits for silicon photonics on a 'macrochip'
R. Ho, J. Lexau, F. Liu, D. Patil, R. Hopkins, E. Alon, N. Pinckney, P. Amberg, X. Zheng, J. Cunningham, A. Krishnamoorthy
Conference Publication
Novel Packaging with Rematable Spring Interconnect Chips for MCMs
I. Shubin, E.M. Chow, J. Cunningham, D. DeBruyker, C. Chua, B. Cheng, J. Knights, K. Sahasrabuddhe, Y. Luo, A. Chow, J. Simons, A. Krishnamoorthy, R. Hopkins, R. Drost, R. Ho, D. Douglas, J. Mitchell
Conference Publication
Proximity interconnect flip-chip package with micron chip-to-chip alignment tolerances
T. Sze, M. Giere, B. Guenin, N. Nettleton, D. Popovic, R. Drost, R. Hopkins, R. Ho, S. Bezuk
Misc
Enabling Technologies for Multi-Chip Integration using Proximity Communication
A. Chow, R. Hopkins, R. Drost, R. Ho
In Proceedings
High-radix crossbar switches enabled by proximity communication
H. Eberle, P. Garcia, J. Flich, J. Duato, R. Drost, N. Gura, R. Hopkins, W. Olesinki
Misc
Exploiting capacitors in high-performance computer systems
A. Chow, D. Hopkins, R. Drost, R. Ho
Article
High-speed and low-energy capacitively-driven wires
R. Ho, T. Ono, F. Liu, R. Hopkins, A. Chow, J. Schauer, R. Drost
Conference Publication
Measuring 6D chip alignment in multi-chip packages
A. Chow, R. Hopkins, R. Ho, R. Drost
In Proceedings
Multiterabit Switch Fabrics Enabled by Proximity Communication
H. Eberle, A. Chow, B. Coates, J. Cunningham, R. Drost, J. Ebergen, S. Fairbanks, J. Gainsley, N. Gura, R. Ho, D. Hopkins, A. Krishnamoorthy, J. Lexau, W. Olesinski, J. Schauer, T. Ono
Misc
Multi-terabit switch fabrics enabled by Proximity Communication
H. Eberle, A. Chow, B. Coates, J. Cunningham, R. Drost, J. Ebergen, S. Fairbanks, J. Gainsley, N. Gura, R. Ho, R. Hopkins, A. Krishnamoorthy, J. Lexau, W. Olesinski, T. Ono, J. Schauer
Slides
A configurable asynchronous pseudorandom bit sequence generator
A. Chow, W. Coates, R. Hopkins
Article
Circuit techniques to enable 430 Gb/s/mm2 Proximity Communication
R. Hopkins, A. Chow, R. Bosnyak, B. Coates, J. Ebergen, S. Fairbanks, J. Gainsley, R. Ho, J. Lexau, F. Liu, T. Ono, J. Schauer, I. Sutherland, R. Drost
Article
High-speed and low-energy capacitively-driven wires
R. Ho, T. Ono, F. Liu, R. Hopkins, A. Chow, J. Schauer, R. Drost
Slides
An asynchronous high-throughput control circuit for proximity communication
J. Ebergen, A. Chow, B. Coates, J. Schauer, R. Hopkins