{"title":"Power-constrained microprocessor design","authors":"H. P. Hofstee","doi":"10.1109/ICCD.2002.1106740","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Power dissipation and power density have become first-order design constraints, even for high-performance systems. For future designs it will be the dominant constraint. In this paper we suggest a systematic approach to optimizing a processor design under (only) a power constraint. The approach uses the energy-performance ratio (EPR) of the various design parameters as the key to identifying opportunities for improving energy-efficiency.","PeriodicalId":164768,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"29","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2002.1106740","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Power dissipation and power density have become first-order design constraints, even for high-performance systems. For future designs it will be the dominant constraint. In this paper we suggest a systematic approach to optimizing a processor design under (only) a power constraint. The approach uses the energy-performance ratio (EPR) of the various design parameters as the key to identifying opportunities for improving energy-efficiency.