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ISCAS
2008
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling circuits with two supply voltages
Abstract— This paper presents circuits that enable dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) for finegrained chip multi-processors to reduce both dynamic and leakage power di...
Wayne H. Cheng, Bevan M. Baas
HPCA
2009
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Versatile prediction and fast estimation of Architectural Vulnerability Factor from processor performance metrics
The shrinking processor feature size, lower threshold voltage and increasing clock frequency make modern processors highly vulnerable to transient faults. Architectural Vulnerabil...
Lide Duan, Bin Li, Lu Peng
MICRO
2009
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Improving cache lifetime reliability at ultra-low voltages
Voltage scaling is one of the most effective mechanisms to reduce microprocessor power consumption. However, the increased severity of manufacturing-induced parameter variations a...
Zeshan Chishti, Alaa R. Alameldeen, Chris Wilkerso...
HPCA
2009
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Voltage emergency prediction: Using signatures to reduce operating margins
Inductive noise forces microprocessor designers to sacrifice performance in order to ensure correct and reliable operation of their designs. The possibility of wide fluctuations i...
Vijay Janapa Reddi, Meeta Sharma Gupta, Glenn H. H...
IPPS
2003
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Cost/Performance Tradeoffs in Network Interconnects for Clusters of Commodity PCs
The definition of a commodity component is quite obvious when it comes to the PC as a basic compute engine and building block for clusters of PCs. Looking at the options for a mo...
Christian Kurmann, Felix Rauch, Thomas Stricker