Raven: An Energy- Efficient Multicore Processor Ben Keller BEARS 2014 Advisors: Bora Nikolic and Krste Asanovic
Feb 22, 2016
Raven: An Energy-Efficient Multicore ProcessorBen KellerBEARS 2014Advisors: Bora Nikolic and Krste Asanovic
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Motivation: Energy Is King
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Performance = Power * Energy Efficiency(Tasks / Second) (Joules/Second) (Tasks/Joule)
• Power is fixed• For better performance,
need better energy efficiency
• Total energy is fixed• For “more” performance,
need better energy efficiency
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Fine-Grained Voltage Scaling
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Raven3 System Diagram
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