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Presented by Shekhar Y. Borkar, Intel Fellow, Director Microprocessor Research
Recorded at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 2, 2004
Abstract: Three exponentials have been the foundation of today's
electronics, which are often taken for granted, namely transistor density,
performance, and energy. Moore's Law captures the impact of these exponentials.
Exponentially increasing transistor performance allowed us to realize complex
architectures, delivering exponentially increasing performance. And
exponentially decreasing energy per logic operation kept power dissipation
within reasonable limits, making Moore's Law a reality. To keep this treadmill
going, we will face exponentially increasing challenges, such as active and
leakage power, variability, and design efficiency. These challenges, once
addressed, will undoubtedly yield exponential rewards, as we have enjoyed in
the past. This talk will discuss potential solutions in all disciplines, such
as microarchitecture, circuits, design technologies & methodologies, thermals,
and power delivery. At ISSC 2003, Gordon Moore showed that for every ant in the
world today there are 100 transistors; our job is to grow that transistor
number to 10,000. We'd like to see 100 times more transistors in the world for
electronics and computing power by the end of the decade, and there is no
reason we can't succeed.
Bio: Shekhar Y. Borkar is an Intel Fellow, Corporate Technology Group
and Director of Microprocessor Research. Borkar is responsible for directing
research in low-power circuits and high-speed signaling for Intel's future
microprocessors. Borkar joined Intel in 1981. He worked on the design of the
8051 family of microcontrollers, iWarp multicomputer and high-speed signaling
technology for Intel supercomputers. Borkar is an adjunct member of the faculty
of the Oregon Graduate Institute. He has published 10 articles and holds 11
patents. Borkar was born in Mumbai, India. He received a master's degree in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1981, and a master
and bachelor degrees in Physics from the University of Bombay in 1979.
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