Ugh. Sorry. Aug 28, 2023 5:23:42 PM John Wettroth <[email protected]>:
> Just noticed that the press release was from 2012- DOH! Oh well. > > > Regards, > John M. Wettroth > E: [email protected] > M: (919) 349-9875 > H: (984) 329-5420 > > -----Original Message----- > From: TriEmbed <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Wettroth via > TriEmbed > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2023 4:49 PM > To: 'Pete soper' <[email protected]>; 'Triangle Embedded Interest Group' > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] Novel approach for low power logic from Intel > > I'm surprised that Intel is claiming this as really novel. The Claremont > Architecture mentioned was being talked about as the IA in 2012. It grew out > of > the Atom processors that ran in this near threshold/sub threshold region. Lot > of companies have used techniques like this for decades. Most digital stuff > that runs at these absurd low voltages is subthreshold or near. The very low > power Microchip (nanoWatt XLP) parts use these techniques. Intel's FINFET > operate below .7v already. There was a startup called SuVolta that was based > on > these techniques- it disappeared (acquired or folded?) about five years ago. > Freescale had some dynamic power stuff that played games with the "body" or > substrate connection to modulate threshold voltage. It let them make parts > that > operate in strong inversion at high speeds with higher class A type leakage > currents but could downshift to a slower, low leakage mode by manipulating the > body voltage. They could do this on the fly- don't know what happened to it- > good fodder for ISSC conferences of the day. Press releases are written by > investor relations guys that don't have a firm handle on the technology and > mainly into promotion. Ironically, the old 40 or so nm process nodes were > much > better in these respects. I think 7 nm might have overshot the mark. > > Take Care- > > Regards, > John M. Wettroth > E: [email protected] > M: (919) 349-9875 > H: (984) 329-5420 > > Searchable email archive available at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Interest Group mailing list > > To post message: [email protected] > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > TriEmbed web site: https://TriEmbed.org > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > Searchable email archive available at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Triangle, NC Embedded Interest Group mailing list To post message: [email protected] List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org TriEmbed web site: https://TriEmbed.org To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe Searchable email archive available at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
