CAREER: Transcending the Thermal Management Challenges of Tera-Scale Computing

高温是影响集成电子器件可靠性、性能、功耗和封装成本的主要问题。温度是限制未来技术性能优势的主要物理障碍，这些技术有望实现万亿级集成。为了应对未来多核处理器的热管理挑战，本研究计划设想了一类新的智能动态热管理系统，该系统可以探索可能的控制参数设置的广阔搜索空间，并确定最佳温度和性能目标。该研究项目还研究了新的冷却系统设计，使热管理系统能够直接针对微尺度上的热点。直接瞄准热点可以减轻对性能的热约束。拟议的研究计划将带来变革性的解决方案和工具，以解决计算系统的基本热管理挑战，并确保其可扩展性。拟议中的项目将培养出一支由本科生和研究生组成的多元化劳动力队伍，为应对未来做好充分准备。S热管理挑战。该计划的教育部分包括(1)本科生的研究经历；(2)创业教育与科研相结合；(3)通过开发基于最先进红外摄像机的教育实验室进行实践培训；(4)通过开发高质量的教材和交互式技术网站进行继续教育。

Elevated temperature is a major problem for the reliability, performance, power consumption, and packaging costs of integrated electronic devices. Temperature is a main physical barrier limiting the performance benefits of future technologies that promise tera-scale integration. To meet the thermal management challenges of future many-core processors, this research program envisions a new class of intelligent dynamic thermal management systems that explore the vast search space of possible control parameter settings and decide the optimal temperature and performance targets. This research program also investigates new cooling system designs that enable the thermal management system to target directly hot spots at the micro scale. Directly targeting hot spots alleviates the thermal constraints on performance.The proposed research program will lead to transformative solutions and tools that address the fundamental thermal management challenges of computing systems and ensure their scalability. The proposed program will lead to the training of a diverse workforce of undergraduate and graduate students to be well prepared to deal with tomorrow?s thermal management challenges. The educational component of this program includes (1) research experiences for undergraduates; (2) integrated approach to entrepreneurship education with research; (3) hands-on training through the development of educational laboratories based on a state-of-the-art infrared camera; and (4) continuous education through the development of high-quality educational materials and an interactive technical Web site.