This page contains four tables listing key attributes of programmable processors designed in academia, such as clock rate, power, and die size. These tables include both general and special purpose processors designed in universities and co-designed by universities and companies or research labs, respectively.
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| Year | Processor | Clock Rate (MHz) |
CMOS Tech (nm) |
Die Size (mm^2) |
Die Size Scaled to 22nm (mm^2)* |
Voltage (V) |
Per Core Power (mW) |
Energy | University, P.I. | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | PipeRench | 120 | 180 | 55.48 | 0.666 | 1.8 | 675.0 mW @1.8V, 33MHz | - | CMU, Schmit | [1] [2] |
| 2000 | Pleiades(reconfigurable) | 40 | 250 | 5.07 ? | 0.03154 ? † | - | 18.04 ? mW | - | UC Berkeley, Rabaey | [3] |
| 2000 | FLOVA | 100 | 350 | 100 | 0.3174 † | 3.3 | - | - | KAIST, Kyung | [4] [5] |
| 2000 | Dynamic Voltage Processor ‡. | - | 600 | 67.5 | 0.0729 † | 1.2 | 476 mW # | 38.2 pJ/instruction | UC Berkeley, Brodersen | [6] |
| 2002 | VIRAM | 200 | 180 | 270 | 3.24 | 1.2 | 2000 mW | 31.25 pJ/operation | UC Berkeley, Patterson | [7] [8] |
| 2002 | Low Power RISC Processor | - | 600 | 4.2 core | 0.0045 † | 0.5 | - | - | Univ. of Tokyo, Sakurai | [9] |
| 2003 | RAW - 16 cores | 425 | 180 | 331.24 | 3.975 | - | 1562.5 mW ** | - | MIT, Agarwal | [10] |
| 2003 | Processor and Configurable Logic | 100 | 350 | 64 | 0.2031 † | 3.3 | 370.0 mW @3.3V | - | KAIST, Park | [11] |
| 2004 | HiBRID-SoC | 145 | 180 | 82 | 0.984 | - | 3500 mW | - | Univ. of Hannover, Pirsch | [12] |
| 2005 | SoC with Reconfig. I/O Module | 166 | 130 | 42.88 | 1.501 | 1.2 | 340 mW | - | University of Bologna, Guerrieri | [13] |
| 2006 | AsAP 1 - 36 Cores | 600 | 180 | 32.1 | 0.3852 | 2.0 | 2.4mW @0.9V, 116MHz 32 mW @1.8V, 475MHz |
93.0 pJ/Op = 0.093 mW/MHz 300 pJ/Op = 0.3 mW/MHz @1.8V |
UC Davis, Baas | [14] |
| 2008 | AsAP 2 - 167 Cores | 1200 | 65 | 39.44 | 5.916 | 1.3 | 0.608 mW @0.675V, 66MHz 3.4 mW @0.75V, 260MHz 47 mW @1.2V, 1.06GHz 62 mW @1.3V, 1.2GHz |
5.9 pJ/Op [email protected],1GHz 32 pJ/Op = 0.032mW/MHz, 100% active |
UC Davis, Baas | [19] |
| 2008 | Multi-Core Stream Processor | 200 | 90 | - | - | 1 | 26 mW | 1.625 pJ/operation | National Taiwan Univ., Chen | [20] |
| 2008 | Phoenix | 0.106 ? | 180 | 0.837 | 0.01 | 0.5 | 0.0002968 mW @0.5V, 106KHz | 2.8 pJ/cycle | University of Michigan, Sylvester | [21] |
| 2008 | Sub Vt Microcontroller | 1.0 | 65 | 4.2594 | 0.639 | 0.3-0.6 | 0.0118048 mW @0.5V, 434KHz § | 27.2 pJ/cycle @500mV | MIT, Chandrakasan | [23] |
| 2010 | ASPA2 | 75 | 180 | 17.6256 Δ | 0.212 | 1.8 | 41.4 mW @1.8V, 75MHz | 2.68 pJ/operation | University of Manchester | [32] |
| 2011 | 3D-Maps - 64 Cores | 277 | 130 | 25 | 0.875 | 1.5 | 62.5 mW @1.5V, 277MHz | - | Georgia Tech, Lee | [26] [27] |
| 2011 | ePUMA - 9 Cores | - | 65 | 23 | 3.45 | - | 444.44 mW | - | Linköping University, Kesslerm | [28] [29] |
| 2012 | 16-Core Processor with Message-Passing | 800 | 65 | 9.1 | 1.365 | 1.2 | 34.0 mW @1.2V, 750MHz | 45.0 pJ/operation = 0.045mW/[email protected] |
Fudan University | [33] |
| 2016 | KiloCore | 1782 [email protected] | 32 | 64 | 31.36 | 1.1 | 0.67 mW @0.56V, 115MHz | 5.8 pJ/Op @0.56V, 115MHz | UC Davis, Baas | [44] |
* The die size is scaled to 22nm CMOS Technology.
† The area is first scaled to 180 nm CMOS Tech using simple geometry scaling. The scale factor is 1/S2, where S is the ratio of the all transistor geometry between two transistor sizes. The next step is to scale the area to 22 nm using the scale factor specified in ** , which is 0.012 from 180 nm to 22 nm.
‡ Have an ARM8 in the core.
# Throughput: 6-85 MIPS; 0.54-5.6 mW/MIP; calculated the highest power by 85*5.6=476 mW.
** Total power 25,000 mW, 16 cores. Power calculated by 25,000/16.
§ 27.2 pJ/cycle at Vdd=500 mV, power calculated by 27.2*434 KHz.
Δ Single cell area: 51×54 um2, Die size calculated by 51×54×80×80×10-6.
| Year | Processor | Number of Cores | Clock Rate (MHz) |
CMOS Tech (nm) |
Die Size (mm^2) |
Die Size Scaled to 22nm (mm^2)* |
Voltage (V) |
Per Core Power (mW) |
Energy | Application | University, P.I. | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SAMIRA | 1 ? | 212 | 130 | 2.4 | 0.084 | - | 360.4 mW † | 1.7 mW/MHz | Base-band signal processing applications | Dresden Univ. of Tech, Fettweis | [15] |
| 2008 | NoC-Based Parallel Processor ‡ | 67 | 200 | 130 | 36 | 1.26 | 1.2 | 8.7 mW @1.2 V, 200 MHz | 4.664 pJ/operation | Real-time Object Recognition | KAIST, Yoo | [22] |
| 2008 | Sub Vt Sensor Processor | 1 | 0.833 | 130 | 0.029768 core 0.055205 Memory |
0.001 | 0.2-1.2 | 0.0006 mW # | 2.6pJ/instruction @360mV, 833KHz |
Sensor Applications | University of Michigan, Sylvester | [24] |
| 2008 | Fully Programmable 3-D Graphics Processor | 1 | 100 | 130 | 9.3 | 0.3255 | 1.2 | 195.0 mW @1.2V, 100MHz Full 3-D Graphics Processing |
- | Low-Power Mobile Devices | KAIST, Hoi-Jun Yoo | [34] |
| 2009 | Real-Time Multi-Object Recognition Processor |
18 | 400 | 130 | 49 | 1.715 | 1.2 | 27.556 mW @1.2V ** | 2.463 pJ/operation | Multi-Object Recognition | KAIST, Hoi-Jun Yoo | [35] |
| 2009 | Programmable Baseband Processor | 1 | 240 | 120 | 11 | 0.506 | - | 70.0 mW @70MHz | - | Mobile WiMAX and DVB-T/H | Linkoping University | [36] |
| 2010 | Heterogeneous Many-Core Processor | 33 | 200 | 130 | 50 | 1.75 | 1.2 | 10.455 mW ** | 4.065 pJ/operation | Object Recognition | KAIST, Hoi-Jun Yoo | [37] |
| 2011 | Heterogeneous Multimedia Processor | 1 | 200 | 130 | 16 | 0.56 | 1.2 | 275 mW | 7.161 pJ/operation | Multimedia Applications | KAIST, Kim | [25] |
| 2013 | 24-core processor for multi-media and communication applications |
24 | 850 | 65 | 18.8 | 2.82 | 1.2 | 22 mW ** | 25.641 pJ/operation | Multi-media and communication applications | Fudan University | [38] |
| 2013 | Multi-Classifier Many-Core Processor | 21 | 200 § | 130 | 25 | 0.875 | 0.65-1.2 | 12.381 mW ** | 1.548 pJ/operation | Object Recognition | KAIST, Hoi-Jun Yoo | [39] |
| 2014 | EEG Neuro-Feedback Processor | 1 | 20 | 130 | 11.75 | 0.4113 | 0.7-1.0 | 4.45 mW | - | Mental-health Management | KAIST | [40] |
| 2014 | Augmented Reality Multicore Processor | 1 | 250 | 65 | 32 | 4.8 | 0.7-1.2 | 381.0 mW @1.2V, 250MHz | 1.52 mW/Hz | Head-mounted display application | KAIST, Hoi-Jun Yoo | [41] |
*: The die size is scaled to 22nm CMOS Technology.
†: power calculated by multiplying 1.7mW/MHz and 212MHz.
‡: 1 main processor, 64 process elements, 1 VAE, 1 matching accerator.
#: 0.85 pJ/instruction at 0.04 MIPS and 1.2 pJ at 0.5 MIPS. calculated from 1.2pJ*0.5 MIPS.
**: Power calculated from total power dividing number of cores.
§: DVFS: clock: 50-200 MHz.
| Year | Processor | Clock Rate (MHz) |
CMOS Tech (nm) |
Die Size (mm^2) |
Die Size Scaled to 22nm (mm^2)* |
Voltage (V) |
Per Processor Power (mW) |
Energy | University, P.I. | Cooperator | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Imagine | 400 | 150 | 260 | 6.708 | 1.5 | - | - | Stanford, Dally | Texas Instruments | [30] |
| 2006 | Razor | 200 | 180 | 9.9 | 0.119 | 1.2 - 1.8 | 425 mW @1.8V,200MHz | - | University of Michigan, Mudge | ARM | [18] |
| 2006 | TRIPS -2 Cores | 366 | 130 | 334 | 11.69 | - | - | - | UT Austin, Burger | IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems | [16] [17] |
| 2013 | Quality Programmable Vector Proce- ssors for Approximate Computing |
250 | 45 | 2.6 | 0.598 | - | 1.27266 mW | - | Purdue University, Raghunathan | NEC Laboratories America | [31] |
*: The die size is scaled to 22nm CMOS Technology.
| Year | Processor | Clock Rate (MHz) |
CMOS Tech (nm) |
Die Size (mm^2) |
Die Size Scaled to 22nm (mm^2)* |
Voltage (V) |
Per Processor Power (mW) |
Energy | Application | University, P.I. | Cooperator | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dynamically programmable image processor | 40 | 180 | 25 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1000 mW @200MHz | - | compact vision systems | University of Michigan, Mudge | Vision & Control GmbH | [42] |
*: The die size is scaled to 22nm CMOS Technology.
| CMOS Tech (nm) | 180 | 150 | 130 | 120 | 90 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 22 |
| Scale Factor | 0.012 | 0.026 * | 0.035 | 0.046 * | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.19 * | 0.23 | 0.33 * | 0.49 | 0.694 * | 1 |
The data of this table come from Table VII of [43], these scale factors are formed by using Geometric Means of Three Aspects: Minimum Feature Size, Metal I half pitch, (4T) Logic Gate Size.
The scale factor followed by an '*' signifies it is derived from original data by linear interpolation.
The CMOS technology that is larger than 180 nm, such as 250 nm, 600 nm, is defined not scalable in this context, since the linear interpolation will lead to negative scale factor.
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