As nanometer process technologies have advanced, chip density and operating
frequency have increased, making power consumption in battery-operated portable
devices a major concern. Even for nonportable devices, power consumption is
important because of the increased packaging and cooling costs as well as potential
reliability problems. Thus, the main design goal for VLSI (very-large-scale integration)
designers is to meet performance requirements within a power budget.
Therefore, power efficiency has assumed increased importance. This chapter
explores how circuits based on FinFETs (fin-type field-effect transistors), an
emerging transistor technology that is likely to supplement or supplant bulk
CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) at 22-nm and beyond, offer
interesting delay–power tradeoffs.
As nanometer process technologies have advanced, chip density and operating
frequency have increased, making power consumption in battery-operated portable
devices a major concern. Even for nonportable devices, power consumption is
important because of the increased packaging and cooling costs as well as potential
reliability problems. Thus, the main design goal for VLSI (very-large-scale integration)
designers is to meet performance requirements within a power budget.
Therefore, power efficiency has assumed increased importance. This chapter
explores how circuits based on FinFETs (fin-type field-effect transistors), an
emerging transistor technology that is likely to supplement or supplant bulk
CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) at 22-nm and beyond, offer
interesting delay–power tradeoffs.
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