- Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- J.W. Runyon Jr. Professor
- Phone: 979-458-4114
- FAX: 979-845-7161
- Email: spalermo@tamu.edu
- Office: WEB 318E
- Website: Personal Website

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Stanford University – 2007
- M.S., Texas A&M University – 1999
- B.S., Texas A&M University – 1997
Research Interests
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- Analog and mixed-signal circuits
- High-speed electrical and optical interconnect circuits and design methodologies
- Design and modeling of clock generation and recovery circuits (PLL/DLL/CDRs)
- Overcoming i
ncreasing variability in analog circuits with digitalassistance
Selected Publications
- Palermo, S., et al. "Optical Technology for Energy Efficient I/O in High Performance Computing," IEEE Communications Magazine, Oct. 2010.
- Palermo, S., et al. "Power Efficiency Modeling and Optimization of High-Speed Equalized-Electrical I/O Architectures," IEEE Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems, Oct. 2010.
- Palermo, S., et al. "Power Efficiency Comparisons of Interchip Optical Interconnect Architectures," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, May 2010.
- Palermo, S., et al. "Optical I/O Technology for Tera-Scale Computing," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Jan. 2010.
- Palermo, S., et al. "Optical I/O Technology for Tera-Scale Computing," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2009.
- Palermo, S., et al. "A 90nm CMOS 16Gb/s Transceiver for Optical Interconnects," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, May 2008.
- Palermo, S., et al. "An Optical Hybrid Package with an 8-channel 18GT/s CMOS Transceiver for Chip-to-Chip Optical Interconnect," SPIE Photonics West, Jan. 2008.
- Palermo, S., et al. "An Optical Interconnect Transceiver at 1550nm using Low Voltage Electroabsorption Modulators Directly Integrated to CMOS," IEEE-OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Dec. 2007.
- Palermo, S., et al. "A 90nm CMOS 16Gb/s Transceiver for Optical Interconnects," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Feb. 2007.
- Palermo, S., et al. "1550nm Optical Interconnect Transceiver with Low Voltage Electroabsorption Modulators Flip-Chip Bonded to 90nm CMOS," IEEE-OSA Optical Fiber Communications Conference, Feb. 2007.