3区计算机科学

IEEE Micro Pub Date : 2025-11-23 DOI: 10.3390/micro5040053

Dan Li, Kai Li, Yilin Wei, Lu Jiang, Hongqing Feng, Qiang Zheng

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引用次数: 1

BlitzCoin: A Decentralized Hardware Solution for Power Management of Highly Heterogeneous Systems on Chip BlitzCoin：用于芯片上高度异构系统电源管理的分散式硬件解决方案

3区计算机科学

IEEE Micro Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1109/mm.2025.3574281

Martin Cochet, Karthik Swaminathan, Erik Jens Loscalzo, Joseph Zuckerman, Maico Cassel dos Santos, Davide Giri, Alper Buyuktosunoglu, Tianyu Jia, David Brooks, Gu-Yeon Wei, Kenneth L. Shepard, Luca P. Carloni, Pradip Bose

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Interconnect Design for Heterogeneous Integration of Chiplets in the AMD Instinct™ MI300X Accelerator AMD Instinct™ MI300X加速器中芯片组异构集成的互连设计

IF 3.6 3区计算机科学

IEEE Micro Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1109/mm.2024.3462351

Alan Smith, Gabriel H. Loh, Samuel Naffziger, John Wuu, Nathan Kalyanasundharam, Eric Chapman, Raja Swaminathan, Tyrone Huang, Wonjun Jung, Alexander Kaganov, Hugh McIntyre, Ramon Mangaser

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ReDL: A Hybrid Memory System with Scalable Data Management Strategies for DNN Applications ReDL：为 DNN 应用提供可扩展数据管理策略的混合内存系统

IF 3.6 3区计算机科学

IEEE Micro Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1109/mm.2024.3458992

Ningning Pan, Lei Ma, Xinting Ge, Hang Xiao, Xiaodan Sui, Yanyun Jiang, Yuanjie Zheng, Wei Rang

引用次数: 0

UCIe: Standard for an Open Chiplet Ecosystem UCIe：开放式芯片组生态系统标准

IF 3.6 3区计算机科学

IEEE Micro Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1109/mm.2024.3451532

Peter Onufryk, Swadesh Choudhary

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Energy-Efficient Parallel Interconnects for Chiplet Integration 用于芯片组集成的高能效并行互连器件