This chapter addresses the challenges and the opportunities to perform computation with nearly-minimum energy consumption through the adoption of logic circuits operating at near-threshold voltages. Simple models are provided to gain an insight into the fundamental design tradeoffs. A wide set of design techniques is presented to preserve the nearly-minimum energy feature in spite of the fundamental challenges in terms of performance, leakage and variations. Emphasis is given on debunking the incorrect assumptions that stem from traditional low-power common wisdom at above-threshold voltages.
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Alioto, M. (2017). Near-Threshold Digital Circuits for Nearly-Minimum Energy Processing. In Enabling the Internet of Things (pp. 95–148). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51482-6_4
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