SBIR Phase I: Autonomous Dynamic Power Management to Redcue Power Consumption in Data Centers

SBIR 第一阶段：自主动态电源管理以降低数据中心的功耗

• 批准号: 1248595
• 负责人: Joel Jorgenson
• 金额: $ 14.18万
• 依托单位: Packet Digital LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1248595&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Autonomous; Dynamic; Power

This Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase I project will research autonomous, dynamic power management to reduce power consumption in data center servers by up to 15-20%, strongly supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's push toward low-power data centers and rapid adoption of the new Energy Star label for computer servers. In 2010, data centers in the United States consumed over 200 TWh of energy, making data centers one of the largest consumers of the electrical grid. This research project will launch an aggressive initiative to develop a smart power management integrated circuit that can be embedded within data center servers to conserve power on embedded memory. The research will focus on characterization of the memory power consumption, the creation of an autonomous controller to provide dynamic voltage scaling of the memory, and demonstration of advanced power management by a real-time, hardware-based power management method. If successful, the power consumption may be reduced by 15-20% with no impact to the server design, while simultaneously reducing latency, enhancing thermal management, and improving reliability. The intellectual merit is to provide an innovative autonomous power management technology with intelligent integrated circuits for scalable solutions on any computing platform, including megawatt-sized data centers.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is carbon footprint reduction and significant cost savings by addressing the overwhelming power drain by data centers, providing a substantial impact on reducing the nation's demand for electricity. Since 2006, data centers use more energy per year in the United States than televisions. In 2010, data centers used the equivalent energy of 22 million homes. The continual increase in demands for data center storage, cloud computing and processing power is predicted to drive significant growth in the number of data center servers worldwide within the next decade. This research may show that autonomous power management integrated circuits implemented in 15.6% of servers worldwide would reduce the need for an entire power plant. Leading server manufacturers are seeking new solutions in power management due to the increasing costs and environmental impacts of powering data centers. Unlike competing technologies, the "just-enough/just-in-time" solution proposed in this research uniquely saves power by monitoring activity across an entire system outside the microprocessor, delivering power only when needed.

这一小型企业创新研究计划（SBIR）第一阶段项目将研究自主、动态的电源管理，以将数据中心服务器的功耗降低15- 20%，有力地支持美国环境保护局（EPA）推动低功耗数据中心的发展，并快速采用计算机服务器的新能源之星星星标签。 2010年，美国的数据中心消耗了超过200 TWh的能源，使数据中心成为电网的最大消费者之一。 该研究项目将发起一项积极的倡议，开发一种智能电源管理集成电路，可嵌入数据中心服务器中，以节省嵌入式存储器的电源。 该研究将集中在表征的存储器功耗，创建一个自主控制器，以提供动态电压缩放的存储器，并演示先进的电源管理的实时，基于硬件的电源管理方法。 如果成功，功耗可能会降低15-20%，而不会影响服务器设计，同时减少延迟，增强热管理并提高可靠性。 该项目的智力价值在于提供一种创新的自主电源管理技术和智能集成电路，用于任何计算平台（包括兆瓦级数据中心）上的可扩展解决方案。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是通过解决数据中心的巨大电力消耗来减少碳足迹和显著节省成本，从而对减少国家对电力的需求产生重大影响。 自2006年以来，美国数据中心每年消耗的能源超过电视。 2010年，数据中心使用了相当于2200万个家庭的能源。对数据中心存储、云计算和处理能力需求的持续增长预计将在未来十年内推动全球数据中心服务器数量的大幅增长。这项研究可能表明，在全球15.6%的服务器中实施的自主电源管理集成电路将减少对整个发电厂的需求。 由于为数据中心供电的成本和环境影响不断增加，领先的服务器制造商正在寻求新的电源管理解决方案。 与竞争技术不同，本研究中提出的“刚好够用/刚好及时”解决方案通过监控微处理器外部整个系统的活动来节省电力，仅在需要时提供电力。