Energy Efficient Microprocessor Design

Thomas D Burd

ISBN 10: 0792375866 / ISBN 13: 9780792375869

Published by Springer Us Okt 2001, 2001

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Neuware - This work began in 1995 as an outgrowth of the InfoPad project which showed us that in order to reduce the energy consumption of a portable multimedia terminal that something had to be done about the consumption of the microprocessor subsystem. The design of the InfoPad attempted to reduce the requirements of this general pur pose processor by moving the computation into the network or by the use of highly optimized integrated circuits, but in spite of these efforts it still was a major consumer of energy. The reasons for this became apparent as we determined that the energy required to perform a function in dedicated hardware could be several orders of magnitude lower than that consumed in the InfoPad microprocessor. We therefore set out on a full fledged attack on all aspects of the microprocessor energy consumption [1 J. After considerable analysis it became clear that though better circuit design and a stream lined architecture would assist in our goal of energy reduction, that the biggest gains were to be found by operating at reduced voltages. For the busses and VO this could be accomplished without significant degradation of the processor performance, but this was not a straightforward solution when applied to the core of the processor sub system (CPU and memory).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Energy Efficient Microprocessor Design
• Publisher: Springer Us Okt 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792375866
• ISBN 13: 9780792375869
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 228W x 179H x 26D millimeters 228 millimeters width by 179 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 757 grams

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Synopsis

This work began in 1995 as an outgrowth of the InfoPad project which showed us that in order to reduce the energy consumption of a portable multimedia terminal that something had to be done about the consumption of the microprocessor subsystem. The design of the InfoPad attempted to reduce the requirements of this general pur­ pose processor by moving the computation into the network or by the use of highly optimized integrated circuits, but in spite of these efforts it still was a major consumer of energy. The reasons for this became apparent as we determined that the energy required to perform a function in dedicated hardware could be several orders of magnitude lower than that consumed in the InfoPad microprocessor. We therefore set out on a full fledged attack on all aspects of the microprocessor energy consumption [1 J. After considerable analysis it became clear that though better circuit design and a stream­ lined architecture would assist in our goal of energy reduction, that the biggest gains were to be found by operating at reduced voltages. For the busses and VO this could be accomplished without significant degradation of the processor performance, but this was not a straightforward solution when applied to the core of the processor sub­ system (CPU and memory).

Synopsis

This text begins with a description of the metrics and benchmarks used to design energy-efficient microprocessor systems, which is followed by energy efficient methodologies for the architecture and circuit design, DC-DC conversion, energy efficient software and system integration. Detailed design of the critical circuits and their performance is included throughout. "Energy Efficient Microprocessor Design" should be of interest to circuit designers as well as researchers in computer architecture and signal processing.