Near-threshold voltage (NTV) design - Opportunities and challenges

Moore's Law will continue providing abundance of transistors for integration, only to be limited by the energy consumption. Near threshold voltage (NTV) operation has potential to improve energy efficiency by an order of magnitude. We discuss design techniques necessary for reliable operation o...

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Published inDAC Design Automation Conference 2012 pp. 1149 - 1154
Main Authors Kaul, H., Anders, M., Hsu, S., Agarwal, A., Krishnamurthy, R., Borkar, S.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2012
Subjects
energy
Energy efficiency
Flip-flops
Frequency measurement
Logic gates
Multiplexing
NTV
power
subthreshold
Threshold voltage
Transistors
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ISBN1450311997
9781450311991
ISSN0738-100X

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Summary:Moore's Law will continue providing abundance of transistors for integration, only to be limited by the energy consumption. Near threshold voltage (NTV) operation has potential to improve energy efficiency by an order of magnitude. We discuss design techniques necessary for reliable operation over a wide range of supply voltage - from nominal down to subthreshold region. The system designed for NTV can dynamically select modes of operation, from high performance, to high energy efficiency, to the lowest power.
ISBN:1450311997
9781450311991
ISSN:0738-100X