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Technology scaling will continue providing abundance of transistors for integration, only to be limited by the energy consumption. Near threshold voltage (NTV) operation has potential to improve energy efficiency by an order of magnitude. We discuss benefits, challenges, and circuit and system design considerations for reliable operation over a wide range of supply voltage—from nominal down to subthreshold region. The system designed for NTV can thus dynamically select modes of operation, from high performance, to high energy efficiency, to the lowest power.
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Borkar, S. (2016). Extreme Energy Efficiency by Near Threshold Voltage Operation. In: Hübner, M., Silvano, C. (eds) Near Threshold Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23389-5_1
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