Title :
Will Power Problems Curtail Processor Progress?
Author_Institution :
Leavitt Communications
fDate :
5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The use of ever-increasing numbers of ever-shrinking transistors has raised processors´ demand for power, which threatens the steady performance increases that chips have experienced for decades.
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; power aware computing; performance increases; power problems; processor power demand; processor progress; transistors; Dennard scaling; Moore´s law; chips; conservation cores; dark silicon; multicore; processors;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2012.184