Soft error and energy consumption interactions: A data cache perspective

Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on Lower Power Electronics and Design, ISLPED'04

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 132-137

  Li, Lin ^a   Degalahal, Vijay ^a   Vijaykrishnan, N ^a   Kandemir, Mahmut ^a   Irwin, Mary Jane ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data Cache; Energy Efficiency; Soft Error

Indexed keywords

CACHE MEMORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CIRCUIT ERRORS; DATA CACHE; LEAKAGE OPTIMIZATION; SOFT ERROR;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 16244375550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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