Abstract: A multi-processor system on chip (SoC) platform and a DVB-T baseband receiver using the same are disclosed. The multi-processor SoC platform includes a first processor, at least one second processor, at least one slave device communicating with the first processor and the second processor and a communication interface (CI) unit connecting the slave device to the first processor and the second processor according to a cross-bar switching method to allow the slave device to be communicated with the first processor and the second processor. Therefore, the multi-processor SoC platform having flexibility with being adapted for high speed calculation by using a cross-bar switch is provided.

Abstract: An information search method and apparatus employ an Inverse Hidden Markov Model (IHMM) for stochastically searching for a reference information model among a plurality of predetermined reference information models obtained by training that best matches unknown information which is expressed by a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) chain. The method and apparatus find an optimal path in a HMM state lattice using a minimum unlikelihood score, rather than a maximum likelihood score, and using a Viterbi algorithm, to recognize unknown information, so that unnecessary computations are avoided. The method and apparatus can be used for finding the most likely path through a vocabulary network for a given utterance.

Abstract: A system and method for timing-closed placement which also takes wirelength and congestion into consideration. In one aspect, the system and method of timing driven placement according to the present invention incorporates a timing budget management technique which satisfies triangle parity and inequality, a timing-driven quadrisection placement strategy based on flexible timing window configurations to minimize the wirelength and congestion during each mincut quad-partition of top-down hierarchy, and a linear programming formulation incorporating bin capacity, channel capacity and congestion criticality.

Abstract: A system and method for timing-closed placement which also takes wirelength and congestion into consideration. In one aspect, the system and method of timing driven placement according to the present invention incorporates a timing budget management technique which satisfies triangle parity and inequality, a timing-driven quadrisection placement strategy based on flexible timing window configurations to minimize the wirelength and congestion during each mincut quad-partition of top-down hierarchy, and a linear programming formulation incorporating bin capacity, channel capacity and congestion criticality.

Abstract: An information search method and apparatus using an Inverse Hidden Markov Model (IHMM) are provided.