Haswell & Steamroller Power Consumption

[Idontcare]

SOI doesn't lower power consumption it lowers leakage.

Tell me, why does one care about lowering leakage?

The Socratic method, named after the classical Greek philosopher Socrates, is a form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas

 

[Ventanni]

Tell me, why does one care about lowering leakage?

Why not? Whether the power is used or leaks from the transistor in the form of heat, it's still power being pulled from the wall. Minimizing leakage is what allows faster, more advanced chips to be used in smaller, more mobile products like your cellphone.

 

[AtenRa]

Tell me, why does one care about lowering leakage?

Why not? Whether the power is used or leaks from the transistor in the form of heat, it's still power being pulled from the wall. Minimizing leakage is what allows faster, more advanced chips to be used in smaller, more mobile products like your cellphone.

Socrates would be proud of you Idontcare 😉

 

[Ferzerp]

Tell me, why does one care about lowering leakage?

That is the most neutral description of the Socratic method possible.

If I were to define it, it would be more like this:

The process by which you trick an individual in to logically bludgeoning himself into agreeing with you.

😉

 

[pelov]

Tell me, why does one care about lowering leakage?

To not get it on your pants when you're at the stall?

 

[NostaSeronx]

Tell me, why does one care about lowering leakage?

To lower heat and to increase clock rates at a given Vdd. It increases power consumption while lowers leakage.

28-nm FD-SOI using bulk low performance FEOL/BEOL processes in comparison to bulk high performance and bulk low performance.

(0.4 - 0.9 volts is where LP FD-SOI is similar to HP, 1.0v and beyond you see FD-SOI has diminishing returns)