14nm 6th-Generation Core Processor SoC with Low Power Consumption and Improved Performance

📋 论文概要

本文介绍了一款采用14nm工艺的第六代核心处理器SoC，实现了低功耗和高性能。通过专用模拟电路控制功率门控晶体管的上电时序以避免可靠性问题，并采用低功耗常开电源实现寄存器原位保持，从而降低待机功耗。

💡 主要创新点

• 通过专用模拟电路以可控速率同时上电所有功率门控晶体管，避免因启动电流过大导致的可靠性问题。
• 采用约1mW常开电源实现架构寄存器的原位保持，显著降低待机功耗。
• 针对串扰和功率密度限制进行优化设计，确保正常操作下的信号完整性和可靠性。

🏷 关键词

📄 原文摘要

Muhammad Abozaed, Yair Talker, Ziv Shmuely, Saher Abu Rahme transitions in the victim neighborhood circuits should not exceed a crosstalk limit during normal operation. Another parameter that must be factored is reliability stress that develops when turn-on current exceeds the allowed maximum power density. Dedicated analog circuitry that enables simultaneous power-up of all power gate transistors in a controlled and tunable pace avoids reliability issues. In-situ retention of architectural registers using a low-power (~1mW) always-on power supply was enabled using dedicated lumped and distributed power supply multiplexers. Intel, Haifa, Israel Intel’s 6th generation Core processor (code named “Skylake” or SKL) was designed to enable PC performance and user-experience at smaller and thinner form factors and enable fan-less PC platforms. It required optimization to an extremely low thermal design point (TDP). The lower average power consumption of SKL vs.

👥 作者与机构

Eyal Fayneh, Marcelo Yuffe, Ernest Knoll, Michael Zelikson,