An integrated circuit can now contain more than one billion transistors. With
increasing system integration and technology scaling, power and power-related issues
have become the primary challenges of integrated circuit design. In this dissertation,
techniques and algorithms, from system-level synthesis to emerging integration
and device technologies, are proposed to address the power and power-induced thermal
and reliability challenges of modern billion-transistor integrated circuit design.
In Chapter 1, the challenges of semiconductor technology scaling are introduced.
Chapter 2 reviews the related works. Chapter 3 focuses on the reliability optimization
issue during system-level design. A reliable application-specic multiprocessor
system-on-chip synthesis system is proposed, called TASR, which exploits redundancy
and thermal-aware design planning to produce reliable and compact circuit designs.
Chapter 4 introduces three-dimensional (3D) integration, a new integrated circuit
fabrication and integration technology. Thermal issue is a primary concern of 3D integration.
A 3D integrated circuit heat flow analytical framework is proposed in this
chapter. Proactive, continuously-engaged hardware and operating system thermal
management techniques are presented and evaluated which optimize system performance
than state-of-the-art techniques while honoring the same temperature bound.
Chapter 5 presents reconfigurable architecture design using single-electron tunneling
transistor, an ultra-low-power nanometer-scale device. The proposed design has the
potential to overcome the power and energy barriers for both high-performance computing
and ultra-low-power embedded systems. Conclusions are drawn in Chapter 6. / Thesis (Ph.D, Electrical & Computer Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2009-07-02 19:24:18.632
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OKQ.1974/1979 |
| Date | 03 July 2009 |
| Creators | Zhu, CHANGYUN |
| Contributors | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1439088 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | This publication is made available by the authority of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private study and research and may not be copied or reproduced except as permitted by the copyright laws without written authority from the copyright owner. |
| Relation | Canadian theses |
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