SmartReflex: Advancing Power and Performance in 90nm, 65nm, and 45nm Mobile Processors
This presentation explores SmartReflex power and performance management technologies used in 90nm, 65nm, and 45nm mobile application processors. It covers the evolution of these technologies, highlighting their significance in meeting the growing demands for handheld device features and increased processing speeds. Special attention is given to leakage power management, design methodologies, and low-power standards, particularly IEEE-1801. The discussion includes co-optimization techniques for battery life extension and adaptive voltage scaling, culminating in the conclusion on future advancements in power management.
SmartReflex: Advancing Power and Performance in 90nm, 65nm, and 45nm Mobile Processors
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SmartReflex Power and Performance Management Technologies for 90 nm, 65 nm, and 45 nm Mobile Application Processors FaridehShiran Department of Electronics Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada fshiran@doe.carleton.ca
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion
Introduction • Demand for increasing features of handheld devices • Processors speeds reaching 1 GHz and above • Bottleneck: battery technology • Trade-off: battery life versus higher speeds • Technology Scaling • Advantages • Disadvantagrs
Demand for Increased Mobile Product Features and Performance
Leakage Power in different technologies • Extend battery life • Co-optimization: Process and circuit • Texas Instruments (TI) for 90 nm, 65 nm, 45 nm • SmartReflex
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion
90 nm Leakage Power Management • Exponential increase in leakage : • Power gating • uses high Vt sleep transistors which cut off VDD from a circuit block • SRAM retention • Losing data stored in SRAM, retention needed • Multiple channel length • Reducing leakage power both in active and idle modes • OMAP2 Mobile Application Process • Integrate above techniques in a 90 nm technology
Power gating Global/local power grid methodology
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion
65nm Power and Performance • Larger increase in device leakage • Improving SmartReflex power management toolbox: • Leakage power management • aggressive dynamic voltage frequency scaling • Process and temperature adaptive voltage scaling 65 nm technology OMAP3430 application processor
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion
45 nm Power and Performance • Further reduction of active leakage power and performance increase • Adaptive body bias (ABB): • FBB • RBB • Retention Til Access (RTA) • Full power state • Low power state • Single Chip 3.5 Baseband and Applications Processor • Integrate above techniques in a 45 nm technology
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion
Design methodology and automation • SmartReflex-PriMer (SmartPriMer): • Chip-level leakage management design methodology • Power Managed (PM) modules • Power-Aware Verification • PM integrity check • Power-aware simulations at RTL and gate levels • Not power-aware • Power-aware
Outline • Introduction • First Generation 90 nm • Second Generation 65 nm • Third Generation 45 nm • Design Methodology and Automation • Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Conclusion and Future Work
Low Power Standard: IEEE-1801 • Unified Power Format (UPF): • Why UPF? • PM intent information • UPF1.0: power design intent in verification and implementation • Power states • Power domain specifications • Retention, Isolation and level shifting • UPF2.0-IEEE1801 • Command layering • Supply set handles
Conclusions • For higher performance (power management) • Three generation technologies • 90nm, 65nm, 40nm • design methodology • SmartReflex-PriMer • Power-Aware Verification • Standard • UPF 1.0 • UPF 2.0