DocumentCode :
704000
Title :
Rate-based vs delay-based control for DVFS in NoC
Author :
Casu, Mario R. ; Giaccone, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy
fYear :
2015
fDate :
9-13 March 2015
Firstpage :
1096
Lastpage :
1101
Abstract :
Minimization of power via DVFS in an NoC is possible, but may result in an intolerable increase of network delay. We examined two DVFS policies, a rate-based policy that scales down frequency and voltage to the minimum value that allows to sustain the injection rate without reaching saturation, and a delay-based policy in which a closed-loop control tunes frequency and voltage such that the NoC average delay tracks a target value. We evaluated the power-delay trade-off by means of network simulations and accurate power estimations after synthesis on a 28-nm FDSOI CMOS technology. Our results over synthetic and multimedia traffic patterns show that the first policy largely pays the better saving in power (20%-50% less than the second policy) with a large network delay increase (up to 3×). We then conclude that the delay-based policy offers a better power-delay trade-off.
Keywords :
closed loop systems; network-on-chip; DVFS; FDSOI CMOS technology; NoC; closed-loop control; delay-based control; delay-based policy; multimedia traffic; network delay; network simulations; power-delay trade-off; rate-based control; rate-based policy; size 28 nm; Clocks; Delays; Frequency control; Multimedia communication; Power demand; Throughput; Voltage control;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2015
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
Print_ISBN :
978-3-9815-3704-8
Type :
conf
Filename :
7092552
Link To Document :
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