Title :
Life Cycle Aware Computing: Reusing Silicon Technology
Author :
Oliver, John Y. ; Amirtharajah, Rajeevan ; Akella, Venkatesh ; Geyer, Roland ; Chong, Frederic T.
Author_Institution :
California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo
Abstract :
Despite the high costs associated with processor manufacturing, the typical chip is used for only a fraction of its expected lifetime. Reusing processors would create a "food chain" of electronic devices that amortizes the energy required to build chips over several computing generations.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; remaining life assessment; electronic devices; life cycle aware computing; lifetime expectation; processor manufacturing; silicon technology; Assembly; Costs; Energy consumption; Geometry; Leakage current; Manufacturing processes; Packaging; Semiconductor device manufacture; Silicon; Transistors; green computing; life cycle aware computing; processor reuse;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2007.433
