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2010
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Rank-aware cache replacement and write buffering to improve DRAM energy efficiency
DRAM power and energy efficiency considerations are becoming increasingly important for low-power and mobile systems. Using lower power modes provided by commodity DRAM chips redu...
Ahmed M. Amin, Zeshan Chishti
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2010
ACM
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Distributed DVFS using rationally-related frequencies and discrete voltage levels
Abstract--As a replacement for the fast-fading GloballySynchronous model, we have defined a flexible design style called GRLS, for Globally-Ratiochronous, Locally-Synchronous, whic...
Jean-Michel Chabloz, Ahmed Hemani
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2010
ACM
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Diet SODA: a power-efficient processor for digital cameras
Power has become the most critical design constraint for embedded handheld devices. This paper proposes a power-efficient SIMD architecture, referred to as Diet SODA, for DSP appl...
Sangwon Seo, Ronald G. Dreslinski, Mark Woh, Chait...
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2010
ACM
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STM versus lock-based systems: an energy consumption perspective
The shift towards multicore processors and the well-known drawbacks imposed by lock-based synchronization have forced researchers to devise new alternatives for building concurren...
Felipe Klein, Alexandro Baldassin, Joao Moreira, P...
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2010
ACM
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Exploiting power budgeting in thermal-aware dynamic placement for reconfigurable systems
 In this paper, a novel thermal-aware dynamic placement planner for reconfigurable systems is presented, which targets transient temperature reduction. Rather than solving time-...
Shahin Golshan, Eli Bozorgzadeh, Benjamin Carri&oa...
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2010
ACM
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Variation aware performance analysis of gain cell embedded DRAMs
Gain cell embedded DRAMs are twice as dense as 6T SRAMs, are logic compatible, have decoupled read and write paths providing good low voltage margin, and can drive long bitlines w...
Wei Zhang, Ki Chul Chun, Chris H. Kim
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2010
ACM
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Analysis and design of ultra low power thermoelectric energy harvesting systems
Thermal energy harvesting using micro-scale thermoelectric generators is a promising approach to alleviate the power supply challenge in ultra low power systems. In thermal energy...
Chao Lu, Sang Phill Park, Vijay Raghunathan, Kaush...
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2010
ACM
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NBTI-aware DVFS: a new approach to saving energy and increasing processor lifetime
Mehmet Basoglu, Michael Orshansky, Mattan Erez
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2010
ACM
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3D-nonFAR: three-dimensional non-volatile FPGA architecture using phase change memory
Memories play a key role in FGPAs in the forms of both programming bits and embedded memory blocks. FPGAs using non-volatile memories have been the focus of attention with zero bo...
Yibo Chen, Jishen Zhao, Yuan Xie
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2010
ACM
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Dynamic workload characterization for power efficient scheduling on CMP systems
Runtime characteristics of individual threads (such as IPC, cache usage, etc.) are a critical factor in making efficient scheduling decisions in modern chip-multiprocessor systems...
Gaurav Dhiman, Vasileios Kontorinis, Dean M. Tulls...