From isca98@shay.ecn.purdue.edu  Sat Mar 14 03:13:54 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:14:17 -0500 (EST)
From: International Symposium on Computer Architecture 1998 <isca98@ecn.purdue.edu>

                           CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

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	      First Workshop on Power Driven Microarchitecture 

		  To be held in conjunction with the 25th
	  Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture
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			       June 28, 1998
			     Barcelona, Spain
                      Immediately precedes ISCA-98


		       Abstract due: April 20, 1998
		  Acceptance Notification: April 30, 1998


In recent years, reducing power dissipation has become a critical design
goal for many microprocessors due to portability and reliability
requirements.  Most of the power reduction was achieved through supply
voltage reduction and process shrinks.  Unfortunately, there is a limit to
how far supply voltages may be reduced, and the power dissipated on chip is
increasing even as process technology improves.  Hence other solutions must
be found.  It is the goal of the this workshop to explore architectural
solutions to the power problems in microprocessors, involving industrial
and academic researchers.

The workshop is partitioned into two sections, a tutorial section, and a
current work section.  The two hour tutorial section will provide a brief
introduction to power issues in VLSI design, and cover existing problems
and solutions in the microprocessor market.  The purpose of the tutorial is
to establish common ground for discussing power issues in processor design.
The rest of the workshop will be dedicated to current work in low power
architecture for the embedded, portable and high-performance processor
markets.

   * Limitations of existing power techniques. 
   * Where does the power go? 
   * Reliability issues related to power dissipation. 
   * Energy reduction using unconventional architectures. 
   * Energy reduction in embedded systems. 
   * Are power and performance contradictory goals? 
   * Power concerns for the ultra high-performance market. 
   * Power reduction in a high-performance processor. 
   * Analysis and solutions for the di/dt problem.  

Copies of abstracts will be made available (neither papers nor slides will
be distributed) to the attendees during the workshop. Please send your
abstract submissions (3000 words or less, postscript or PDF) by e-mail by
April 20, 1998, to:

	low-power-workshop@cs.colorado.edu

We will make every effort to accommodate all participants.  You may also
want to contact the workshop organizers

	Dirk Grunwald		grunwald@cs.colorado.edu
	Srilatha Manne		bobbie@cs.colorado.edu
	Trevor Mudge		tnm@eecs.umich.edu

More information and updates to this information can be found at:
	 <www.cs.colorado.edu/~grunwald/LowPowerWorkshop>