A power-constrained MPU roadmap for the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS)

Technology roadmaps help predict requirements for future technologies and guide ongoing technology research and development. The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) has been published since 1999; it is fully revised in odd-numbered years and updated in even-numbered years. In this paper, we describe a modeling framework to predict future characteristics and implied technology requirements of the ITRS microprocessor (MPU) `system driver', following Moore's Law scaling under power constraints. The outcomes of this modeling effort are the basis of ITRS updates to be published in the 2009 ITRS edition.