학술논문

Thermal Performance Evaluation of Multi-Core SOCs Using Power-Thermal Co-Simulation
Document Type
Conference
Source
2024 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2024 IEEE. :1-6 Apr, 2024
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Performance evaluation
Temperature sensors
Temperature dependence
Cooling
Packaging
System-on-chip
Thermal analysis
CMOS
cooling
leakage power
nanosheet
packaging
power density
power-thermal co-simulation
self-consistency
SOC
system-on-chip
temperature
thermal analysis
Language
ISSN
1938-1891
Abstract
Temperature affects performance, power, and en-ergy efficiency in modern system-on-chip (SOC) applications. Transport properties of nanoscale devices are fundamentally different from those predicted using conventional long-channel device transport models. In this work, a Monte Carlo (MC) calibrated model based on nanosheet FETs, geared towards AIO technology node, is used to study thermal effects on Power, Performance, Area (PPA) metrics at IP block-level. Given the packaging and the cooling configuration, SOC operational junction temperature (Tj) depends on the power it dissipates. At the same time, the dissipated power itself varies with temperature, with the dynamic and the leakage power components tending to show weak and strong sensitivity respectively. A look-up table (LUT) based electro-thermal model is proposed to account for this power-temperature interdependency at IP block-level with the capability of tracking localized hotspots with desired accuracy and run-time efficiency trade-offs. The resulting self-consistent solution can prove to be effective in assessing system-level cooling requirements early in the product development phase.