Invited paper: Secure swarm intelligence: A new approach to many-core power management

Abstract

This paper presents a visionary proposal for a distributed (or decentralized) power/thermal control mechanism that applies the bio-inspired artificial intelligence paradigm of swarm intelligence. The target use case is a future many-core processor. The paper reports a high-level concept-phase specification of the proposed solution approach in a research setting. The emphasis is on highlighting the key challenges and pitfalls that must be dealt with in transitioning this research into full product deployment.