Compiler-driven register re-assignment for register file power-density and temperature reduction

Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 750-753

  Zhou, Xiangrong ^a   Yu, Chenjie ^a   Petrov, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Power density minimization; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PROPULSION;

POWER-DENSITY MINIMIZATION; REGISTER FILES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EID: 51549093631     PISSN: 0738100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DAC.2008.4555919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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