Youngsu Kwon has received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea at 1997, 1999, and 2004, respectively. He had been with Microsystems Technology Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Postdoctoral Associate from 2004 to 2005. He is with System-on-Chip Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Republic of Korea since 2005. He has authored 30 internal journal and conference papers with special interest on multi-core processor design, embedded CPU core with functional safety and VLSI CAD.