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Building a seismic supercomputer in the shadow of Dennard Scaling
http://www.rambusblog.com/2016/08/23/building-a-seismic-supercomputer-in-the-shadow-of-dennard-scaling/#new_tabBert Beals of Cray Inc. recently told the Digital Energy Journal that the industry can no longer simply build an efficient supercomputer for seismic processing by simply adding more processors. Indeed, because Dennard Scaling no longer applies, advanced microprocessors now require more power and additional cooling for heat dissipation. Moreover, even though engineers might fit […]
Building a seismic supercomputer in the shadow of Dennard Scaling
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/building-a-seismic-supercomputer-in-the-shadow-of-dennard-scaling-2/Bert Beals of Cray Inc. recently told the Digital Energy Journal that the industry can no longer simply build an efficient supercomputer for seismic processing by simply adding more processors. Indeed, because Dennard Scaling no longer applies, advanced microprocessors now require more power and additional cooling for heat dissipation. Moreover, even though engineers might fit […]
ChipEstimate and Rambus look beyond DDR4
http://www.rambusblog.com/2016/08/16/chipestimate-and-rambus-look-beyond-ddr4/#new_tabFrank Ferro, a senior director of product management at Rambus, has penned an article for ChipEstimate about the future of DRAM in the age of the IoT. According to Ferro, the semiconductor industry has traditionally relied on Dennard Scaling and Moore’s Law to ensure the creation of ever more advanced process nodes at a steady cadence. […]
ChipEstimate and Rambus look beyond DDR4
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/chipestimate-and-rambus-look-beyond-ddr4-2/Frank Ferro, a senior director of product management at Rambus, has penned an article for ChipEstimate about the future of DRAM in the age of the IoT. According to Ferro, the semiconductor industry has traditionally relied on Dennard Scaling and Moore’s Law to ensure the creation of ever more advanced process nodes at a steady cadence. […]
Understanding Dennard scaling
http://www.rambusblog.com/2016/08/04/understanding-dennard-scaling/#new_tabIn 1974, Robert H. Dennard co-authored a now-famous paper for the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Essentially, Dennard and his engineering colleagues observed that as transistors are reduced in size, their power density stays constant. Meaning, power use stays in proportion with area, as both voltage and current scale (downward) with length. According to […]
Understanding Dennard scaling
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/understanding-dennard-scaling-2/In 1974, Robert H. Dennard co-authored a now-famous paper for the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits. Essentially, Dennard and his engineering colleagues observed that as transistors are reduced in size, their power density stays constant. Meaning, power use stays in proportion with area, as both voltage and current scale (downward) with length. According to […]
The growing demand for FPGAs in servers and data centers
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-growing-demand-for-fpgas-in-servers-and-data-centers-2/Jeff Dorsch of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that there are a number of distinct advantages and drawbacks to various compute engines available on the market today. “[For example], CPUs offer high capacity at low latency. GPUs have the highest per-pin bandwidth. And FPGAs are designed to be very general,” writes Dorsch. “But each also has […]
