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A Study on Power Dissipation of The Microprocessor Based on Trace-Driven Simulation

명령어 자취형 모의실험을 기반으로 하는 마이크로프로세서의 전력 소비에 대한 연구

  • Lee, Jongbok (Dept. of Electronics & Information Engineering, Hansung University)
  • 이종복 (한성대학교 전자정보공학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.31
  • Accepted : 2016.10.07
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

Recently, power dissipation is a very significant issue not only in embedded systems and mobile devices but also in high-end modern processors. Especially, by the prevalent use of smart phones and tablet PCs, low power consumption of microprocessors is requisite. In this paper, a fast power measurement tool for a high performance microprocessor based on the trace-driven simulator has been developed. The power model of the microprocessor consists of complex combinational circuits, array structures, and CAM structures. Using SPEC 2000 benchmarks as input, the trace-driven simulation has been performed to estimate the average power dissipation of each program.

최근에 이르러, 임베디드 시스템 및 모바일 장치 뿐만이 아니라 고성능 마이크로프로세서 및 멀티코어프로세서의 전력 소비량이 매우 중요하게 대두되고 있다. 특히, 스마트폰과 태블릿 PC의 광범위한 사용으로 인하여 프로세서의 저전력 소비가 무엇보다 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 고성능 마이크로프로세서에 대하여 빠른 속도를 갖는 명령어 자취형 (trace-driven) 모의실험기 기반의 전력 측정기를 개발하였다. 본 전력 측정기는 마이크로프로세서를 구성하는 복합 조합회로, 배열구조, CAM 구조를 기반으로 하였으며, SPEC 2000 벤치마크를 입력으로 모의실험을 수행하여 각 벤치마크의 평균 전력 소비량을 측정하였다.

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