| Outstanding Design Award |
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"A VLSI Implementation of the Blowfish Encryption/Decryption Algorithm" Michael C.-J. Lin, Youn-L. Lin National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan |
| Presented for the implementation of a high performance cryptographic processor utilizing novel critical path reduction techniques at the logic and architecture levels. |
| Special Feature Award (Microprocessors/DSP) |
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"An Application Specific Java Processor with Reconfigurablities" Shinji Kimura, Hiroyuki Kida, Kazuyoshi Takagi, Tatsumori Abematsu, Katsumasa Watanabe Nara Inst. of Science and Technology, Japan |
| Presented for incorporating reconfigurability into an embedded Java processor to enable instruction set customizations and facilitate access to external computational resources. |
| Special Feature Award (Analog, A/D Mixed) |
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"A Smart Imager for the Vision Processing Front-END" Naoki Takeda, Mitsuru Homma, Makoto Nagata, Takashi Morie, Atsushi Iwata Hiroshima Univ., Japan |
| Presented for utilizing novel PWM-based signal processing techniques for front-end processing in a CMOS imager for intelligent vision applications. |