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Near Threshold Computing

Technology, Methods and Applications

  • Provides an introduction to near-threshold computing, enabling reader with a variety of tools to face the challenges of the power/utilization wall
  • Demonstrates how to design efficient voltage regulation, so that each region of the chip can operate at the most efficient voltage and frequency point
  • Investigates how performance guarantees can be ensured when moving towards NTC many cores through variability-aware voltage and frequency allocation schemes

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. NTC Opportunities, Challenges and Limits

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Micro-Architecture Challenges and Energy Management at NTC

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Variability-Aware Voltage Island Management for Near-Threshold Computing with Performance Guarantees

      • Ioannis Stamelakos, Sotirios Xydis, Gianluca Palermo, Cristina Silvano
      Pages 35-53
  4. Memory System Design for NTC

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. Memories for NTC

      • Tobias Gemmeke, Mohamed M. Sabry, Jan Stuijt, Pieter Schuddinck, Praveen Raghavan, Francky Catthoor
      Pages 75-100

About this book

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. Variability-aware voltage and frequency allocation schemes will be presented that will provide performance guarantees, when moving toward near-threshold manycore chips.

 ·         Provides an introduction to near-threshold computing, enabling reader with a variety of tools to face the challenges of the power/utilization wall;

·         Demonstrates how to design efficient voltage regulation, so that each region of the chip can operate at the most efficient voltage and frequency point;

·         Investigates how performance guarantees can be ensured when moving towards NTC manycores through variability-aware voltage and frequency allocation schemes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Michael Hübner

  • Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Cristina Silvano

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Near Threshold Computing

  • Book Subtitle: Technology, Methods and Applications

  • Editors: Michael Hübner, Cristina Silvano

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23389-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23388-8Published: 23 November 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37209-9Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23389-5Published: 14 November 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 100

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, Processor Architectures, Electronic Circuits and Devices

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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