Accurate power modeling is crucial for energy-efficient CPU design and runtime
management. An ideal power modeling framework needs to be accurate yet fast, achieve …

Voltage noise characterization is an essential aspect of optimizing the shipped voltage of
high-end processor based systems. Voltage noise, ie Variations in the supply voltage due to …

Sudden variations in current (large di/dt) can lead to significant power supply voltage droops
and timing errors in modern microprocessors. Several papers discuss the complexity …

Technology downscaling is expected to amplify a variety of reliability concerns in future
digital systems. A good understanding of reliability threats is crucial for the creation of …

This paper explores the use of MOS current-mode logic (MCML) as a fast and low noise
alternative to static CMOS circuits in microprocessors, thereby improving the performance …

Heterogeneous manycore architectures have shown to be highly promising to boost power
efficiency through two independent ways:(1) enabling massive thread-level parallelism …

Worst-case dI/dt voltage noise is typically characterized post-silicon using direct voltage
measurements through either on-package measurement points or on-chip dedicated …

This work proposes sensing CPU voltage noise through wireless electromagnetic (EM)
emanations from the CPU. Compared to previous voltage monitoring methodologies, this …

Modern superscalar CPUs contain large complex structures and diverse execution units,
consuming wide dynamic power range. Building a power delivery network for the worst-case …

The effectiveness of the techniques to mitigate radiation particle hits in digital CMOS circuits
has been mainly studied under a given set of environmental conditions. This paper will …