Daniel Eduardo Guarecuco Aguiar
Multi-dimensional exploration of the Minimum Energy Point for RISC-V subsystem in 22 nm FDSOI.
Rel. Matteo Sonza Reorda, Snorre Aunet, Torbjørn Ness. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Computer Engineering, 2023
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Abstract
Battery operated devices are highly constraint in energy budget, there is a need for energy-efficient designs. Designing circuits to operate in the Minimum Energy Point (MEP) yields great energy savings, by at least 20%, by reducing supply voltage and operating frequency. The MEP is in the near or sub-threshold region, such that the circuit becomes very sensitive to PVT variations. This thesis proposes a methodology to study and locate the MEP and its relationship with supply voltage, threshold voltage, channel length, body biasing, temperature and process variations, for a RISC-V Ibex CPU synthesized with standard cell libraries characterized for higher voltages with a commercially available 22 nm FDSOI technology.
A critical path replica is converted into a ring oscillator for running SPICE simulations
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