Near Threshold Computing Technology, Methods and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hübner, Michael (Editor), Silvano, Cristina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Microprocessors.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Processor Architectures.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.

This book explores near-threshold computing (NTC), a design-space using techniques to run digital chips (processors) near the lowest possible voltage.  Readers will be enabled with specific techniques to design chips that are extremely robust; tolerating variability and resilient against errors.  Va...

Table of Contents:

• PART I: NTC opportunities, challenges and limits
• Chapter 1: Extreme Energy Efficiency by Near Threshold Voltage Operation
• Part II Micro-architecture challenges and energy management at NTC
• Chapter2: Many-core Architecture for NTC: Energy Efficiency from the Ground Up
• Chapter 3: Variability-Aware Voltage Island Management for Near-Threshold Voltage Computing With Performance Guarantees
• Part III Memory system design for NTC
• Chapter4: Resizable Data Composer (RDC) Cache: A Near-Threshold Cache tolerating Process Variation Via architectural fault tolerance
• Chapter 5 Memories for NTC.