A control theoretic approach to run-time energy optimization of pipelined processing in MPSoCs

  • Authors:
  • Andrea Alimonda;Andrea Acquaviva;Salvatore Carta;Alessandro Pisano

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy;University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy;University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy;University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe: Proceedings
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this work we take a control-theoretic approach to feedback-based dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) in Multi Processor System on Chip (MPSoC) pipelined architectures. We present and discuss a novel feedback approach based on both linear and non-linear techniques aimed at controlling interprocessor queue occupancy. Theoretical analysis and experiments, carried out on a cycle-accurate multiprocessor simulation platform, show that feedback-based control reduces energy consumption with respect to standard local DVS policies and highlight that non-linear strategies allows a more flexible and robust implementation in presence of variable workload conditions.