In this letter, a scheduling scheme based on Dynamic Frequency Clocking (DFC) and multiple voltages is proposed for low power designs under the timing and the resource constraints. Unlike the conventional methods at h...In this letter, a scheduling scheme based on Dynamic Frequency Clocking (DFC) and multiple voltages is proposed for low power designs under the timing and the resource constraints. Unlike the conventional methods at high level synthesis where only voltages of nodes were considered, the scheme based on a gain function considers both voltage and frequency simultaneously to reduce energy consumption. Experiments with a number of DSP benchmarks show that the proposed scheme achieves an effective energy reduction.展开更多
To minimize the power consumption with resources operating at multiple voltages a time-constrained algorithm is presented.The input to the scheme is an unscheduled data flow graph (DFG),and timing or resource constrai...To minimize the power consumption with resources operating at multiple voltages a time-constrained algorithm is presented.The input to the scheme is an unscheduled data flow graph (DFG),and timing or resource constraints.Partitioning is considered with scheduling in the proposed algorithm as multiple voltage design can lead to an increase in interconnection complexity at layout level.That is,in the proposed algorithm power consumption is first reduced by the scheduling step,and then the partitioning step takes over to decrease the interconnection complexity.The time-constrained algorithm has time complexity of O(n 2),where n is the number of nodes in the DFG.Experiments with a number of DSP benchmarks show that the proposed algorithm achieves the power reduction under timing constraints by an average of 46 5%.展开更多
The multi-radiation of X-rays was investigated with special attention to their energy spectrum in a Mather-type plasma focus device （operated with argon gas）. The analysis is based on the effect of anomalous resista...The multi-radiation of X-rays was investigated with special attention to their energy spectrum in a Mather-type plasma focus device （operated with argon gas）. The analysis is based on the effect of anomalous resistances. To study the energy spectrum, a four-channel diode X-ray spectrometer was used along with a special set of filters. The filters were suitable for detection of medium range X-rays as well as hard X-rays with energy exceeding 30 keV. The results indicate that the anomalous resistivity effect during the post pinch phase may cause multi-radiation of X-rays with a total duration of 300 ± 50 ns. The significant contribution of Cu-Kα was due to the medium range X-rays, nonetheless, hard X-rays with energies greater than 15 keV also participate in the process. The total emitted X-ray energy in the forms of Cu-K and Cu-K/3 was around 0.14 ± 0.02 （J/Sr） and 0.04 ±0.01 （J/Sr）, respectively. The total energy of the emitted hard X-ray （〉 15 keV） was around 0.12± 0.02 （J/Sr）.展开更多
To reduce the interconnect delay and improve the chip performance, three-dimensional （3D） chip emerged with the rapid increasing of chip integration and chip power density. Therefore, thermal issue is one of the cri...To reduce the interconnect delay and improve the chip performance, three-dimensional （3D） chip emerged with the rapid increasing of chip integration and chip power density. Therefore, thermal issue is one of the critical challenges in 3D IC design due to the high power density. Multiple Supply Voltages （MSV） technique provides an efficient way to optimize power consumption which in turn may alleviate the hotspots. But the voltage assignment is limited not only by the performance constraints of the design, but also by the physical layout of circuit modules since the modules with the same voltage should be gathered to reduce the power-network routing resource. Especially in 3D designs, the optimization using MSV technique becomes even more complicated since the high temperature also influences the power consumption and delay on paths. In this paper, we address the voltage-island generation problem for MSV designs in 3D ICs based on a mixed integer linear programming （MILP） model. First, we propose a general MILP formulation for voltage-island generation to optimize thermal distribution as well as power-network routing resources while maintaining the whole chip performance. With the thermal^power interdependency, an iterative optimization approach is proposed to obtain the convergence. Experimental results show that our thermal-aware voltage-island generation approach can reduce the maximal on-chip temperature by 23.64% with a reasonable runtime and save the power-network routing resources by 16.71%.展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hei- longjiang Province, China (F2004-17).
文摘In this letter, a scheduling scheme based on Dynamic Frequency Clocking (DFC) and multiple voltages is proposed for low power designs under the timing and the resource constraints. Unlike the conventional methods at high level synthesis where only voltages of nodes were considered, the scheme based on a gain function considers both voltage and frequency simultaneously to reduce energy consumption. Experiments with a number of DSP benchmarks show that the proposed scheme achieves an effective energy reduction.
文摘To minimize the power consumption with resources operating at multiple voltages a time-constrained algorithm is presented.The input to the scheme is an unscheduled data flow graph (DFG),and timing or resource constraints.Partitioning is considered with scheduling in the proposed algorithm as multiple voltage design can lead to an increase in interconnection complexity at layout level.That is,in the proposed algorithm power consumption is first reduced by the scheduling step,and then the partitioning step takes over to decrease the interconnection complexity.The time-constrained algorithm has time complexity of O(n 2),where n is the number of nodes in the DFG.Experiments with a number of DSP benchmarks show that the proposed algorithm achieves the power reduction under timing constraints by an average of 46 5%.
文摘The multi-radiation of X-rays was investigated with special attention to their energy spectrum in a Mather-type plasma focus device （operated with argon gas）. The analysis is based on the effect of anomalous resistances. To study the energy spectrum, a four-channel diode X-ray spectrometer was used along with a special set of filters. The filters were suitable for detection of medium range X-rays as well as hard X-rays with energy exceeding 30 keV. The results indicate that the anomalous resistivity effect during the post pinch phase may cause multi-radiation of X-rays with a total duration of 300 ± 50 ns. The significant contribution of Cu-Kα was due to the medium range X-rays, nonetheless, hard X-rays with energies greater than 15 keV also participate in the process. The total emitted X-ray energy in the forms of Cu-K and Cu-K/3 was around 0.14 ± 0.02 （J/Sr） and 0.04 ±0.01 （J/Sr）, respectively. The total energy of the emitted hard X-ray （〉 15 keV） was around 0.12± 0.02 （J/Sr）.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61076035TNList Cross-discipline Foundation of Tsinghua University, China
文摘To reduce the interconnect delay and improve the chip performance, three-dimensional （3D） chip emerged with the rapid increasing of chip integration and chip power density. Therefore, thermal issue is one of the critical challenges in 3D IC design due to the high power density. Multiple Supply Voltages （MSV） technique provides an efficient way to optimize power consumption which in turn may alleviate the hotspots. But the voltage assignment is limited not only by the performance constraints of the design, but also by the physical layout of circuit modules since the modules with the same voltage should be gathered to reduce the power-network routing resource. Especially in 3D designs, the optimization using MSV technique becomes even more complicated since the high temperature also influences the power consumption and delay on paths. In this paper, we address the voltage-island generation problem for MSV designs in 3D ICs based on a mixed integer linear programming （MILP） model. First, we propose a general MILP formulation for voltage-island generation to optimize thermal distribution as well as power-network routing resources while maintaining the whole chip performance. With the thermal^power interdependency, an iterative optimization approach is proposed to obtain the convergence. Experimental results show that our thermal-aware voltage-island generation approach can reduce the maximal on-chip temperature by 23.64% with a reasonable runtime and save the power-network routing resources by 16.71%.
