Date of Award:
5-2019
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
Sanghamitra Roy
Committee
Sanghamitra Roy
Committee
Koushik Chakraborty
Committee
Jacob Gunther
Committee
Reyhan Baktur
Committee
Vicki Allan
Abstract
The growing market of portable devices and smart wearables has contributed to innovation and development of systems with longer battery-life. While Near Threshold Computing (NTC) systems address the need for longer battery-life, they have certain limitations. NTC systems are prone to be significantly affected by variations in the fabrication process, commonly called process variation (PV). This dissertation explores an intriguing effect of PV, called choke points. Choke points are especially important due to their multifarious influence on the functional correctness of an NTC system. This work shows why novel research is required in this direction and proposes two techniques to resolve the problems created by choke points, while maintaining the reduced power needs.
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Recommended Citation
Bal, Aatreyi, "Revamping Timing Error Resilience to Tackle Choke Points at NTC" (2019). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 7456.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7456
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