Software Energy Reduction Techniques for Variable-Voltage Processors

  • Authors:
  • Takanori Okuma;Hiroto Yasuura;Tohru Ishihara

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Design & Test
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

A processor consumes far less energy running tasks requiring a low supply voltage than it does executing high-performance tasks. Effective voltage-scheduling techniques take advantage of this situation by using software to dynamically vary supply voltages, thereby minimizing energy consumption and accommodating timing constraints.