Scaling Equations for the Accurate Prediction of CMOS Device Performance from 180 nm to 7 nm

Abstract:

Classical scaling equations which estimate parameters such as circuit delay and energy per operation across technology generations have been extremely useful for predicting performance metrics as well as for comparing designs across fabrication technologies. Unfortunately in the CMOS deep-submicron era, the classical scaling equations are becoming increasingly less accurate and new practical scaling methods are needed. We curve fit second and third-order polynomials to circuit delay, energy, and power dissipation results based on HSpice simulations utilizing the Predictive Technology Model (PTM) and International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) models. While the classical scaling equations give differences as much as 83× from the predictions of PTM and ITRS models, our predictive polynomial models with table-based coefficients yield a coefficient of determination, or R2, value of greater than 0.95.

Corrigendum:

The authors regret incorrect values were accidentally used in Equations 12, 13 and 14 in the example in Section 4.2.1 and apologize for any inconvenience cause. The example should have used the values shown in Table 5 and been written as:

EnergyFactor_x   = 0.8367(0.9)² – 0.4341(0.9) + 0.1701
EnergyFactor_x   = 0.4571
EnergyFactor_y   = 3.755(1.3)² – 4.398(1.3) + 1.975
EnergyFactor_y   = 2.604
E_x     = 0.4571/2.604 × 1 pJ/Op
E_x     = 0.1755 pJ/Op

Paper

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Reference

Aaron Stillmaker and Bevan M. Baas, "Scaling Equations for the Accurate Prediction of CMOS Device Performance from 180 nm to 7 nm," Integration, the VLSI Journal, vol. 58, pp. 74–81, June 2017.

BibTeX Entry

@article{Stillmaker201774,
   author    = {A. Stillmaker and B. Baas},
   title     = {Scaling equations for the accurate prediction of {CMOS} device
                performance from 180 nm to 7 nm},
   journal   = {Integration, the {VLSI} Journal},
   volume    = 58,
   pages     = {74--81},
   year      = 2017,
   note      = {\url{http://vcl.ece.ucdavis.edu/pubs/2017.02.VLSIintegration.TechScale/}}
   }