Title :
Fuzzy-Controlled Voltage Scaling Based on Supply Current Tracking
Author :
Pourshaghaghi, Hamid Reza ; de Gyvez, Jose Pineda
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We discuss an adaptive fuzzy logic controller to accurately and robustly predict and track supply current variations of digital processors. The proposed controller tracks supply current variations without updating any parameter during its runtime prediction. It can be used to adjust the supply voltage and clock frequency of digital processors based on workload variations when accounting for timing-constraints and other practical requirements. Additionally, we comprehensively examine the stability analysis of the closed-loop configuration containing the fuzzy controller and the digital processor model. We prove that the fuzzy controller guarantees the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop architecture. Several experiments are performed to exhibit effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy controller comparing to the other existing conventional prediction methods. The results show that the proposed controller outperforms the other existing methods.
Keywords :
adaptive control; asymptotic stability; closed loop systems; fuzzy control; power aware computing; adaptive fuzzy logic controller; asymptotic stability analysis; clock frequency; closed loop architecture; closed loop configuration; digital processor model; fuzzy-controlled voltage scaling; supply current variation prediction; supply current variation tracking; timing constraints; workload variations; Current measurement; Fuzzy logic; Program processors; Stability analysis; Voltage control; Voltage measurement; Dynamic voltage frequency scaling; fuzzy logic controller; on-line supply current tracking; stability analysis;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.2012.185