Low-energy asynchronous memory design

We introduce the concept of energy per operation as a measure of performance of an asynchronous circuit. We show how to model energy consumption based on the high-level language specification. This model is independent of voltage and timing considerations. We apply this model to memory design. We sh...

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Published inProceedings of 1994 IEEE Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems pp. 176 - 185
Main Authors Tierno, J.A., Martin, A.J.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1994
Subjects
Application software
Batteries
Circuits
Energy consumption
Energy dissipation
Energy measurement
Portable computers
Power dissipation
Timing
Voltage
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Summary:We introduce the concept of energy per operation as a measure of performance of an asynchronous circuit. We show how to model energy consumption based on the high-level language specification. This model is independent of voltage and timing considerations. We apply this model to memory design. We show first how to dimension a memory array, and how to break up this memory array into smaller arrays to minimize the energy per access. We then show how to use cache memory and pre-fetch mechanisms to further reduce energy per access.
ISBN:9780818662102
0818662107
DOI:10.1109/ASYNC.1994.656310