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TSMC can tweak it all they like, but a smaller gate leads to higher leakage currents. Plus popular older nodes are still getting tweaked. That said, you can st
by sliverstorm 11y ago
TSMC can tweak it all they like, but a smaller gate leads to higher leakage currents. Plus popular older nodes are still getting tweaked.
That said, you can still attain amazing sleep currents on modern advanced nodes. The catch is just that the best way to do that is with advanced design techniques, which require more design effort.
- minthd 11y ago>> amazing sleep currents on modern advanced nodes. How low sleep current on a 40nm/28nm mcu would be with those advanced techniques ? can youplease estimate ?
- sliverstorm 11y agoWell, anywhere from full power to zero, if you design a chip that can flush its state to persistent storage and go dark. x86 chips exemplify this wide range, with many power states all the way from full power to shutting off the entire package.