RECONFIGURING AN ASIC AT RUNTIME

摘要

Methods for reconfiguring an ASIC at runtime without using voltage over scaling. A functional criticality of a set of logic in the ASIC is identified. Then, the set of logic are classified into a set of regions based on the functional criticality, each region of the set of regions having a target error threshold. Further, each region is power gated at runtime based on the functional criticality such that the target error threshold is achieved without using voltage over scaling.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for reconfiguring an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising:
identifying a functional criticality of a set of logic in the ASIC; classifying the set of logic into a set of regions based on the functional criticality, each region having a target error threshold; and power-gating each region at runtime based on the functional criticality such that the target error threshold is achieved without using voltage over scaling.