Power supply noise-aware workload assignments for homogeneous 3D MPSoCs with thermal consideration
Résumé
In order to improve performance and reduce cost, multi-processor system on chip (MPSoC) is increasingly becoming attractive. At the same time, 3D integration emerges as a promising technology for high density integration. 3D homogeneous MPSoCs combine the benefits of both. However, high current demand and large on-chip switching activity variations introduce severe power supply noises (PSN) for 3D MPSoCs, which can increase critical path delay, and degrade chip performance and reliability. Meanwhile, thermal gradient should also be considered for 3D MPSoCs to avoid hot spots. In the paper, we investigate the PSN effects of different workloads and propose an effective PSN estimation method. Then, a heuristic workload assignment algorithm is proposed to suppress PSN under the given thermal constraint. The experimental results show that PSNs can be reduced significantly compared with thermal-balanced workload assignment scheme, and the system performance can be improved as well.
Mots clés
PSN estimation method
Chip performance
Critical path delay
High density integration
Through-silicon vias
Homogeneous 3D MPSoC
System performance
Three-dimensional displays
Integrated circuit modeling
Power supplies
Heuristic algorithms
Estimation
heuristic workload assignment algorithm
3D integration
system-on-chip
multiprocessing systems
integrated circuit reliability
integrated circuit noise
integrated circuit modelling