Ultra-low-power RRAM-based FPGA: A Road towards Reconfigurable Edge Computing

Abstract

The trends in Internet-of-Thing (IoT) require specialized hardware systems to be more computing capable than ever while at the same time satisfying an ultra-low power budget. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), thanks to their reconfigurable nature, have been an ubiquitous media in many edge computing systems. However, low-power FPGAs generally suffers from large delay degradation (up to 2), missing to achieve the computing capability required by many modern edge computing applications. In this paper, we investigate the opportunity of using Resistive Random Access Memories (RRAMs) in ultra-low-power FPGA architectures. We (i) evaluate the circuit design aspects of RRAM-based routing multiplexers; (ii) introduce a novel design flow to accurate analyze FPGA architectures; and (iii) study the opportunity of building near-Vt RRAM-based FPGA. Full-chip layouts and SPICE simulations present that at nominal operating voltage, RRAM-based FPGAs can improve up to8%/22%/16% in area/delay/power, as compared to SRAM-based counterparts. Compared to SRAM-based FPGAs working at its nominal voltage, a near-Vt RRAM-based FPGAs can outperform by about 2 the Energy-Delay Product without delay overhead.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2019
Accession Number
AD1076102

Entities

People

  • Edouard Giacomin
  • Natan Chetrit
  • Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon
  • Xifan Tang

Organizations

  • University of Utah

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Edge Computing
  • Efficiency
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Filaments
  • Logic
  • Materials
  • Metal Oxides
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • Resistance
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - Internet of Things