Impact Of Cryogenic Temps On The Minimum-Operating Voltage Of 5nm FinFETs-Based SRAM (IIT, UC Berkeley et al)


A new technical paper titled "An Investigation of Minimum Supply Voltage of 5nm SRAM from 300K down to 10K" was published by researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley and Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence. Abstract "In this article, we present a comprehensive study of the impact of cryogenic temperatures on the minimum-operating voltage (Vmin) of 5 nm ... » read more

PPA(V): Performance-Per-Watt Optimization With Variable Operating Voltage


Performance-per-watt has emerged as one of the highest priorities in design quality, leading to a shift in technology focus and design power optimization methodologies. Variable operating voltage possess high potential in optimizing performance-per-watt results but requires a signoff accurate and efficient methodology to explore. Synopsys Fusion Design Platform, uniquely built on a singular RTL... » read more

Tech Talk: 7nm Process Variation


Ankur Gupta, director of field applications at ANSYS, discusses process variation and the problems it can cause at 10/7nm and beyond. https://youtu.be/WHNjFr1Da6s » read more

A Broad, Effective Approach to Optimizing for Power


As an industry we talk a lot about the challenges of power-aware design and accompanying issues at leading-edge nodes. There’s no denying some tough challenges, but if we’re honest, there are plenty of opportunities we can exploit right now to improve power in our designs. You’ve heard the saying, “death by a thousand cuts?” Well, when it comes to grappling with power in today’s ... » read more