P. Restle, C. Carter, J. Eckhardt, B. Krauter, B. McCredie, K. Jenkins, A. Weger, A. Mulé
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Abstract
The clock distribution on the Power4 dual-processor chip supplies a single critical 1.5 GHz clock from one SOI-optimized PLL to 15,200 pins on a large chip with 20 ps skew and 35 ps jitter. The network contains 64 tuned trees driving a single grid, and specialized tools to achieve targets on schedule with no adjustment circuitry.