Computer architecture techniques for power-efficiency

• Main Author: Kaxiras, Stefanos.
• Other Authors: Martonosi, Margaret.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on computer architecture (Online) ; #4.
• Subjects: Computer architecture.; Mechanical efficiency.
• Online Access: Abstract with links to full text

In the last few years, power dissipation has become an important design constraint, on par with performance, in the design of new computer systems. Whereas in the past, the primary job of the computer architect was to translate improvements in operating frequency and transistor count into performanc...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Modeling, simulation, and measurement
• Using voltage and frequency adjustments to manage dynamic power
• Optimizing capacitance and switching activity to reduce dynamic power
• Managing static (leakage) power
• Conclusions.