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Title:Adaptive Pipeline Depth for Asynchronous Systems Using Collapsible Latch Controllers
Authors: Aristeidis Efthymiou ; J.D. Garside
Date:Dec 2002
Publication Title:Procs of 13th Asynchronous UK Forum
Publication Type:Conference Paper
Abstract:
A method of managing the power consumption of an embedded, single-issue processor by controlling its pipeline depth is proposed. The execution time will be increased but, if the method is applied to applications with slack time, the user-perceived performance may not be degraded. Two techniques are shown using an existing asynchronous processor as a starting point. The first method controls the pipeline occupancy using a token mechanism, the second enables adjacent pipeline stages to be merged, by making the latches between them permanently transparent. An energy reduction of up to 16% is measured, using a collection of five benchmarks.
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@InProceedings{EDI-INF-RR-0455,
author = { Aristeidis Efthymiou and J.D. Garside },
title = {Adaptive Pipeline Depth for Asynchronous Systems Using Collapsible Latch Controllers},
book title = {Procs of 13th Asynchronous UK Forum},
year = 2002,
month = {Dec},
url = {http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~efthym/asyncForum02_dec.pdf},
}


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