Title :
Distributed On-chip Power Supply Noise Characterization of the Cell Broadband Engine
Author :
Zhou, Yaping ; Harvey, Paul M. ; Flachs, Brian ; Liberty, John ; Gervais, Gilles ; Mandrekar, Rohan ; Chen, Howard H. ; Tamura, Tetsuji
Author_Institution :
IBM Syst. & Technol. Group, Austin, TX
Abstract :
Noise characterization of the 65 nm multicore Cell Broadband Enginetrade (Cell/B.E.)* processor was performed using highly configurable workloads and selective stimulation of identical cores to study noise distribution throughout the chip. On-chip power supply noise propagation velocity and attenuation were found to be influenced by chip/package resonance in the power distribution system. Hypothesis for this phenomenon is proposed.
Keywords :
integrated circuit modelling; integrated circuit noise; microprocessor chips; power supply circuits; Cell Broadband Engine processor; chip/package resonance; configurable workloads; distributed power supply noise; multicore microprocessor; noise characterization; noise distribution; on-chip power supply noise; power distribution system; selective stimulation; Circuit noise; Engines; Impedance; Microprocessors; Noise measurement; Packaging; Power supplies; Probes; Semiconductor device measurement; Semiconductor device noise;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0883-2
DOI :
10.1109/EPEP.2007.4387134
