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PowerCool: Simulation of Cooling and Powering of 3D MPSoCs with Integrated Flow Cell Arrays

Andreev, Artem Aleksandrovich  
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Sridhar, Arvind  
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Sabry Aly, Mohamed M.  
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2017
IEEE Transactions on Computers

Integrated Flow-Cell Arrays (FCAs) represent a combination of integrated liquid cooling and on-chip power generation, converting chemical energy of the flowing electrolyte solutions to electrical energy. The FCA technology provides a promising way to address both heat removal and power delivery issues in 3D Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips (MPSoCs). In this paper we motivate the benefits of FCA in 3D MPSoCs via a qualitative analysis and explore the capabilities of the proposed technology using our extended PowerCool simulator. PowerCool is a tool that performs combined compact thermal and electrochemical simulation of 3D MPSoCs with inter-tier FCA-based cooling and power generation. We validate our electrochemical model against experimental data obtained using a micro-scale FCA, and extend PowerCool with a compact thermal model (3D-ICE) and subthreshold leakage estimation. We show the sensitivity of the FCA cooling and power generation on the design-time (FCA geometry) and run-time (fluid inlet temperature, flow rate) parameters. Our results show that we can optimize the FCA to keep maximum chip temperature below 95 °C for an average chip power consumption of 50 W/cm2 while generating up to 3.6 W per cm2 of chip area.

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research article
DOI
10.1109/TC.2017.2695179
Web of Science ID

WOS:000418130400008

Author(s)
Andreev, Artem Aleksandrovich  
Sridhar, Arvind  
Sabry Aly, Mohamed M.  
Zapater, Marina  
Ruch, Patrick
Michel, Bruno
Atienza, David  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Published in
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Start page

1

End page

1

Subjects

3D MPSoCs

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Thermal Modeling

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Liquid Cooling

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Electrochemical Flow Cell

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August 21, 2017
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