DARK SILICON AND THE END OF MULTICORE SCALING

A KEY QUESTION FOR THE MICROPROCESSOR RESEARCH AND DESIGN COMMUNITY IS WHETHER SCALING MULTICORES WILL PROVIDE THE PERFORMANCE AND VALUE NEEDED TO SCALE DOWN MANY MORE TECHNOLOGY GENERATIONS. TO PROVIDE A QUANTITATIVE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY THAT PROJECTS THE SPEEDUP POTENTIAL OF FUTURE MULTICORES AND EXAMINES THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF INTEGRATION CAPACITY-DARK-SILICON-IS TIMELY AND CRUCIAL.