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2007 IEEE 13th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture
Implications of Device Timing Variability on Full Chip Timing
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
February 10-February 14
ISBN: 1-4244-0804-0
Murali Annavaram, Microarchitecture Research Lab, Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054. murali.m.annavaram@intel.com
Ed Grochowski, Microarchitecture Research Lab, Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054. edward.grochowski@intel.com
Paul Reed, Microarchitecture Research Lab, Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054. paul.reed@intel.com
As process technologies continue to scale, the magnitude of within-die device parameter variations is expected to increase and may lead to significant timing variability. This paper presents a quantitative evaluation of how low level device timing variations impact the timing at the functional block level. We evaluate two types of timing variations: random and systematic variations. The study introduces random and systematic timing variations to several functional blocks in Intel? Core? Duo microprocessor design database and measures the resulting timing margins. The primary conclusion of this research is that as a result of combining two probability distributions (the distribution of the random variation and the distribution of path timing margins) functional block timing margins degrade non-linearly with increasing variability.
Citation:
Murali Annavaram, Ed Grochowski, Paul Reed, "Implications of Device Timing Variability on Full Chip Timing," hpca, pp.37-45, 2007 IEEE 13th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture, 2007
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