Monday, January 30, 2012
Near treshold Cores: Fight against dark silicon began
Due to limited scaling of supply voltage, power density is expected to grow in future technology nodes. This increasing power density limits the number of simultaneously switching transistors for future chips, leaving others inactive, a phenomenon referred to as dark silicon. As a result, future chips would only support a small fraction of working transistors. Threshold voltage scales down more slowly in current and future technology nodes to keep leakage power under control.
Researchers predict that near-threshold computing could restore the relationship between transistor density and energy efficiency.
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Researchers predict that near-threshold computing could restore the relationship between transistor density and energy efficiency.
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