Main research interest at the System VLSI Lab is, first, On-Chip Network (OCN) based Multi-Processor System-on-Chips (MPSoCs) design for Communication/Multi-media/Cryptography Applications and their Core IPs (Intellectual Properties) implementation including Microprocessor, DSP and core algorithm-based high performance complex hardware functional blocks, second, Digital Radio Frequency Transceiver design including All-Digital PLL (ADPLL), third, IT convergence bio-eco systems and their IP and sensor interface design including green ICT based next-generation well-being building core technology, underwater LED squid jigging lamp system and characteristic plant and animal information-based real-time environment management systm.
At the System VLSI Lab, we have researched on design of video/audio source codec as a part of implementation of 3GPP WCDMA system. Also, a Bluetooth-based well-being terminal, IBRC(Intelligent Bi-directional Remote Controller) has been designed as a project of industrial-educational cooperation.
Now, we are doing researches on current and futuristic hot topic, On-Chip Network based MPSoCs, their IPs and sensor interfaces for IT convergence systems, digital RF, bio-eco systems and underwater LED fishing lamp systems. More specifically, an exquisite harmony of computation and communication will be realized via exploration of model of computation and its optimal mapping on OCN nodes. For this purpose, 65nm FPGA based MPSoC emulator will be prototyped to accelerate the ESL (Electronic System Level) exploration for IT convergence system development.