Near Threshold Computing: Technology, Methods and Applications

ISBN-13: 9783319372099 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 100 str.

Michael Hubner; Cristina Silvano

Spis treści

Introduction.- State of the art: near threshold computing.- Software requirements for NTC.- Hardware recuirements for NTC.- Applications: Ultra low power sensors, Server, mobile phones.- Outlook.

Blurb

This book explores near-threshold computing (NTC), a design-space using techniques to run digital chips (processors) near the lowest possible voltage.  Readers will be enabled with specific techniques to design chips that are extremely robust; tolerating variability and resilient against errors.  Variability-aware voltage and frequency allocation schemes will be presented that will provide performance guarantees, when moving toward near-threshold manycore chips. 

·         Provides an introduction to near-threshold computing, enabling reader with a variety of tools to face the challenges of the power/utilization wall;

·         Demonstrates how to design efficient voltage regulation, so that each region of the chip can operate at the most efficient voltage and frequency point;

·         Investigates how performance guarantees can be ensured when moving towards NTC manycores through variability-aware voltage and frequency allocation schemes.