Invention Application
- Patent Title: Static Power Reduction in Caches Using Deterministic Naps
- Patent Title (中): 使用确定性缺陷的缓存中的静态功耗降低
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Application No.: US14694285Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US20150310902A1Publication Date: 2015-10-29
- Inventor: Oluleye Olorode , Mehrdad Nourani
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Main IPC: G11C7/20
- IPC: G11C7/20 ; G11C7/10 ; G06F12/08

Abstract:
The dNap architecture is able to accurately transition cache lines to full power state before an access to them. This ensures that there are no additional delays due to waking up drowsy lines. Only cache lines that are determined by the DMC to be accessed in the immediate future are fully powered while others are put in drowsy mode. As a result, we are able to significantly reduce leakage power with no cache performance degradation and minimal hardware overhead, especially at higher associativities. Up to 92% static/Leakage power savings are accomplished with minimal hardware overhead and no performance tradeoff.
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