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
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