A thermal management system and prototyping for system-on-chip designs

A thermal management system for system-on-chip (SOC) design and its prototype are presented. This paper proposes the architecture, design details with justification, and the final system integration for a complete thermal management system for SOC design. By embedding the proposed system in system-on-chip designs, stability and performance can be strengthened through optimal management of each component's power using feedback from thermal information. This technique yields one generation of improvement in modern processor or other high-speed circuit design using the same silicon process.