| Adaptive Techniques for Dynamic Processor Optimization: Theory and Practice 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Wang, Alice (Editor), Naffziger, Samuel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0387764712 ISBN-13: 9780387764719 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: This book is about various adaptive and dynamic techniques used to optimize processor power and performance. It is based on a very successful forum at ISSCC which focused on Adaptive Techniques. Most high performance processors and embedded processors use adaptive techniques to overcome process variation, temperature, and termal effects. This book will look at the underlying process technology for adaptive designs and then different circuits, architecture and software that address the different aspects. The chapters are written by both people in academia and the industry in order to show the scope of alternative practices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Electronics - Circuits - General - Technology & Engineering | Electrical - Technology & Engineering | Electronics - Microelectronics |
| Dewey: 621.381 |
| LCCN: 2007943527 |
| Series: Series on Integrated Circuits and Systems |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The integrated circuit has evolved tremendously in recent years as Moore's Law has enabled exponentially more devices and functionality to be packed onto a single piece of silicon. In some ways however, these highly integrated circuits, of which microprocessors are the flagship example, have become victims of their own success. Despite dramatic reductions in the switching energy of the transistors, these reductions have kept pace neither with the increased integration levels nor with the higher switching frequencies. In addition, the atomic dimensions being utilized by these highly integrated processors have given rise to much higher levels of random and systematic variation which undercut the gains from process scaling that would otherwise be realized. So these factors--the increasing impact of variation and the struggle to control power consumption--have given rise to a tremendous amount of innovation in the area of adaptive techniques for dynamic processor optimization. The fundamental premise behind adaptive processor design is the recognition that variations in manufacturing and environment cause a statically configured operating point to be far too inefficient. Inefficient designs waste power and performance and will quickly be surpassed by more adaptive designs, just as it happens in the biological realm. Organisms must adapt to survive, and a similar trend is seen with processors - those that are enabled to adapt to their environment, will be far more competitive. |