"Efficient checking of power delivery integrity for power gating" by Zhiyu Zeng, Zhuo Feng et al.
 

Efficient checking of power delivery integrity for power gating

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Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

6-22-2011

Abstract

Multi-core architecture has emerged as the primary architectural choice to achieve power-efficient computing in microprocessors and SoCs. Power gating is indispensable for system power and thermal management and well suited for multi-core architectures. However, checking the power integrity (such as electromigration and voltage drop) of large gated power delivery networks (PDNs) presents a significant challenge due to the sheer die-package network complexity and the existence of an extremely large number of possible gating and operation configurations. We propose a simulation-based checking methodology that encompasses a comprehensive set of essential checking tasks. We tackle the challenges brought by the large checking space by developing strategies that efficiently identify top-ranked worst-case operating conditions, which are sequentially analyzed through a well-controlled number of full simulations for fidelity. We demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed approach on large power gating checking problems that are completely intractable to brute-force methods. © 2011 IEEE.

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2011

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