Title :
Exploring Temperature-Aware Design of Memory Architectures in VLIW Systems
Author :
Ayala, José L. ; Apavatjrut, Anya ; Atienza, David ; López-Vallejo, Marisa
Author_Institution :
Univ. Polytech. de Madrid, Madrid
Abstract :
This paper presents a thermal model to analyze the temperature evolution in the shared register files found on VLIW systems. The use of this model allows the analysis of several factors that have an strong impact on the heat transfer: layout topology, placement and memory accesses. Finally, some relevant conclusions are obtained after analyzing the thermal behavior of several multimedia applications.
Keywords :
low-power electronics; memory architecture; thermal management (packaging); VLIW system; heat transfer; layout topology; memory access; memory architecture; multimedia application; placement factor; shared register file; temperature evolution; temperature-aware design; thermal model; Energy consumption; Hardware; Memory architecture; Power system modeling; Registers; Semiconductor device measurement; Telecommunication services; Temperature distribution; Topology; VLIW;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative architecture for future generation high-performance processors and systems, 2007. iwia 2007. international workshop on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-3077-X
DOI :
10.1109/IWIA.2007.7
