发明授权
- 专利标题: Redundancy for on-chip interconnect
- 专利标题(中): 片上互连冗余
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申请号: US13612629申请日: 2012-09-12
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公开(公告)号: US08689159B1公开(公告)日: 2014-04-01
- 发明人: Robert Palmer , John W. Poulton , Thomas Hastings Greer, III , William James Dally
- 申请人: Robert Palmer , John W. Poulton , Thomas Hastings Greer, III , William James Dally
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: NVIDIA Corporation
- 当前专利权人: NVIDIA Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 代理机构: Zilka-Kotab, PC
- 主分类号: G06F17/50
- IPC分类号: G06F17/50
摘要:
One embodiment sets forth a technique for on-chip satisfying timing requirements of on-chip source-synchronous, CMOS-repeater-based interconnect. Each channel of the on-chip interconnect may include one or more redundant wires. Calibration logic is configured to apply transition patterns to wires comprising each channel and calibration patterns that are generated in response to the transition patterns are captured. Based on the calibration patterns, wires that best satisfy the timing requirements of the on-chip interconnect are selected for use to transmit data. The calibration logic also trims the delays of the clock and selected data wires based on captured calibration patterns to improve the timing margin of the on-chip interconnect. Improving the timing margin of the on-chip interconnect improves chip yields.
公开/授权文献
- US20140075403A1 REDUNDANCY FOR ON-CHIP INTERCONNECT 公开/授权日:2014-03-13
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