• DocumentCode
    1011780
  • Title

    Life Cycle Aware Computing: Reusing Silicon Technology

  • Author

    Oliver, John Y. ; Amirtharajah, Rajeevan ; Akella, Venkatesh ; Geyer, Roland ; Chong, Frederic T.

  • Author_Institution
    California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    56
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    Despite the high costs associated with processor manufacturing, the typical chip is used for only a fraction of its expected lifetime. Reusing processors would create a "food chain" of electronic devices that amortizes the energy required to build chips over several computing generations.
  • Keywords
    digital signal processing chips; remaining life assessment; electronic devices; life cycle aware computing; lifetime expectation; processor manufacturing; silicon technology; Assembly; Costs; Energy consumption; Geometry; Leakage current; Manufacturing processes; Packaging; Semiconductor device manufacture; Silicon; Transistors; green computing; life cycle aware computing; processor reuse;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2007.433
  • Filename
    4404811