Title :
Dark Silicon and the End of Multicore Scaling
Author :
Esmaeilzadeh, H. ; Blem, E. ; St. Amant, Renee ; Sankaralingam, K. ; Burger, Danilo
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
A key question for the microprocessor research and design community is whether scaling multicores will provide the performance and value needed to scale down many more technology generations. To provide a quantitative answer to this question, a comprehensive study that projects the speedup potential of future multicores and examines the underutilization of integration capacity-dark silicon-is timely and crucial.
Keywords :
multiprocessing systems; dark silicon; integration capacity; microprocessor research; multicore scaling; Benchmark testing; Microarchitecture; Multicore processing; Network topology; Performance evaluation; Silicon; Transistors; Moore´s law; dark silicon; modeling; multicore; power; technology scaling;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
