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Continuous voltage-frequency scaling (CVFS)

Tu, 2012

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Tu J
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Voltage reduction is an effective technique for minimizing energy consumption but suffers from delay penalty. Conventional methodologies require rigorous voltage regulation and workload scheduling to meet timing constraints. In this work, we observe that static CMOS is …
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