Chapter 1 Architecture and Implementation of the TRIPS Processor ... and Premkishore Shivakumar / Stephen W. Keckler -- chapter 2 High-Performance Data Security in an x86 Processor / G. Glenn Henry -- chapter 3 ARM Cortex-A8: A High-Performance Processor for Low-Power Applications / David Williamson -- chapter 4 A Rotated Array Clustered Extended Hypercube Processor: The RACE-HTM Processor ... and Nikos Pitsianis / Gerald G. Pechanek -- chapter 5 A High-Throughput Self-Timed FPGA Core Architecture / Brian C. Gaide -- chapter 6 The Continuation-Based Multithreading Processor: Fuce / Masaaki Izumi -- chapter 7 A Study of a Processor with Dual Thread Execution Modes / Rania Mameesh -- chapter 8 Measurement-Based Power Phase Analysis / W. Lloyd Bircher -- chapter 9 Visualization by Subdivision: Two Applications for Future Graphics Platforms / Chand T. John -- chapter 10 A Performance Analysis of Two-Level Heterogeneous Processing Systems on Wavefront Algorithms / Darren J. Kerbyson -- chapter 11 Microarchitectural Characteristics and Implications of Alignment of Multiple Bioinformatics Sequences / Tao Li -- chapter 12 Towards System-Level Fault-Tolerance Using Formal Methods and SoC Methodologies / Kristina Lundqvist -- chapter 13 Forward Error Correction for On-CHip Interconnection Networks / Praveen Bhojwani -- chapter 14 Alleviating Thermal Constraints while Maintaining Performance via SIlicon-Based On-Chip Optical Interconnects / Nicholas Nelson