Power profiling-guided floorplanner for 3D multi-processor systems-on-chip

Three-dimensional (3D) integration has become one of the most promising techniques for the development of future multi-core processors, since it improves performance and reduces power consumption by decreasing global wire length. However, 3D integration causes serious thermal problems because the cl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Arnaldo, Ignacio, Higalgo, J. Ignacio, Risco Martín, José Luis, Ayala Rodrigo, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/119961
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119961
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hardware
3304.06 Arquitectura de Ordenadores
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Sumario:Three-dimensional (3D) integration has become one of the most promising techniques for the development of future multi-core processors, since it improves performance and reduces power consumption by decreasing global wire length. However, 3D integration causes serious thermal problems because the closer proximity of heat generating dies makes existing thermal hotspots more severe. Thermal-aware floorplanners can play an important role to improve the thermal profile, but they have failed in considering the dynamic power profiles of the applications. This study proposes a novel thermal-aware floorplanner guided by the power profiling of a set of benchmarks that are representative of the application scope. The results show how our approach outperforms the thermal metrics as compared with the worst-case scenario usually considered in ‘traditional’ thermal-aware floorplanners.