Hot Chips & Leaky Transistors
Dynamic Power Explosion
- 100 Watts in 1999 to 2000 Watts in 2010, Borkar, IEEE Computer, July/Aug, 1999.
Static Power from Leaky Transistors
- 10% of dynamic power in 0.1 micron technology, Thompson, et al. Intel Technology Journal, Q3, 1998.
Peak vs. average power dissipation
- peak power important for packaging cost
- average power important for battery life