Increasing circuit reliability

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for increasing reliability of an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes core chip circuitry. The integrated circuit includes means for increasing a power supply voltage V provided to the core chip circuitry, such as by increasing the voltage V to a maximum value. The integrated circuit also includes means for identifying a clock frequency F for which Fmax/(CV²), where C is a switching capacitance and where P_max is a predetermined maximum power consumption of the core chip circuitry. The integrated circuit also includes means for providing a clock signal having frequency F to the circuit.