SHF: Small: Reconditioning: Optimizing Conditional Communication in Asynchronous Design

SHF：小：修复：优化异步设计中的条件通信

基本信息

批准号：
1116416
负责人：
Peter Beerel
金额：
$ 30万
依托单位：
University of Southern California
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-07-01 至 2015-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1116416&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
SHF Small Reconditioning Optimizing Conditional

项目摘要

This proposal addresses the grand challenge of reducing power consumption of digital electronic circuits leveraging off of a promising new automated design flow for asynchronous circuits. This novel flow actively manages data-flow within the circuit and is capable of disabling computational blocks that would otherwise perform unnecessary calculations and waste power. The proposed research is to develop mathematical software algorithms that will optimize the partitioning of the circuit into computational blocks to maximize the blocks that are disabled and thereby minimize power consumption.The impact of this research will span engineering, scientific, and social values. First, it will enable synthesized asynchronous designs to be lower-power and faster and thus more compelling. Moreover, because the research is based on a formal framework of communicating processes it is generally applicable to many computational systems, including next-generation beyond-CMOS computational platforms. At the social level it will enable the enrichment of students at USC and other institutions as the tool flow is made more widely available. Lastly, it will provide a rich context for a pre-college outreach program in which the principal investigator teaches high-school students about the world of electrical engineering, integrated chip design, and in a greener economy and helping form a sustainable society

该提案解决了减少数字电子电路功耗的巨大挑战，该电路利用有希望的新自动化设计流程用于异步电路。这种新颖的流动可以在电路中积极管理数据流，并能够禁用计算块，否则这些块将执行不必要的计算和废物功率。拟议的研究是开发数学软件算法，该算法将优化电路分配到计算块中，以最大化残疾人的障碍，从而最大程度地减少功耗。这项研究的影响将涵盖工程，科学和社会价值。首先，它将使合成的异步设计能够更低，更快，从而更具吸引力。此外，由于该研究基于通信过程的正式框架，因此通常适用于许多计算系统，包括下一代超越CMOS计算平台。在社会层面上，随着工具流的更广泛的可用性，它将使USC和其他机构的学生充实。最后，它将为前大学外展计划提供丰富的背景，在该计划中，首席研究员在该计划中向高中生讲述了电气工程，综合芯片设计以及绿色经济的世界，并帮助建立一个可持续的社会