Ti-States: Power Management in Active Timing Margin Processors

Temperature inversion is a transistor-level effect that improves performance when temperature increases. This article presents a comprehensive measurement-based analysis on temperature inversion's implications on architecture design and power management using the AMD A10-8700P processor. The authors propose temperature-inversion states (Ti-states) to harness the opportunities promised by temperature inversion. They expect Ti-states to be able to improve the power efficiency of many processors manufactured in future CMOS technologies.