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Raj Hazra

Director, Systems Technology Lab

Exte

nding Energy Efficiency

From Silicon To The Platform

And B

eyond

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•Defining Terms

•W

hy Platform Energy Efficiency

•Value

•Inte

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•Call to A

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Agenda

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Defining Terms

Efficient Power

Delivery

Improved Power

Management

Optimizing delivery of power

to the platform and through

to silicon

Better m

anaging how and

when power is used

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Why Platform Efficiency

�As perf/watt of silicon improves, efficient operation across

the rest of the platform becomes increasingly important

CPU

Display

Mem

GMCH

VR

HDD

CK410

other

Future leaps in energy efficiency will come from

combined improvements in silicon andthe platform

Data Center Power Distribution

Laptop Power Utilization

Typical Office Application

�Mobile example

�Data Center Example

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Value of Improved Platform

Efficiency

•Smaller

•Cooler

•Easier to design

•Lower cost

Mobile

Increased

Battery Life

•Quieter

•Cooler

•Lower utility costs

•Better reliability

Server &

Deskto

p

Lower TCO

•Less cooling

•Lower utility costs

•Better reliability

•Simplified power mgmt

Data

Cente

r

Greate

r D

ensity

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Value B

eyond Improved D

evices

•Reduced global carbon

footprint for compute

devices

•Fewer number of power

plants to support

expected growth

Environment

Regulato

ry

Emerging

Markets

•Better compliance with

emerging regulatory

pressures

•Improved flexibility

when planning data

centers

•Lessens demand on grid

•Minimizes utility costs in

power limited

geographies

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How is Inte

l Improving Platform

Efficiency? R

edefining

Power

Management

Innovations in

Power

Delivery

�Moving beyond ACPI

�SW Directed, HW Managed

�Fine Grained Power

Management

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3

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Exte

nding to

the D

ata

Cente

r

�Integrated Voltage Regulators

�Load Adaptive

�Fewer Voltage Rails

�Power management across

groups of platform

s

�Optimizing power delivery

within the data center

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1. Today’s idle behavior

2. New idle behavior

3. Key press

4. Re-e

nte

rs idle

Innovative Power M

anagement

�Shift from OS to HW

based power

management

�Research underway in

multiple areas

Intel Platform

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Efficient Power D

elivery

�Several challenges in

existing platform

power delivery

�Intel researching

multiple

improvements

30% improvement in power delivery efficiency

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Innovations in the D

ata

Cente

r

�Better efficiency through improved group management

>25% improvement in data center efficiency

DC/AC

DC/AC

DC/AC

DC/AC

UPS

UPS

UPS

UPS

AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DC

480V

480V

480V

480V

3 333φ φφφACACACAC

UPS

UPS

UPS

UPS

AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DC

480V

480V

480V

480V

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VRVR

DC/DC

CSCSCSCS

12V

12V

12V

12V

400V

400V

400V

400V

DCDCDCDC

Server

Rack

86%

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AC/DC

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PDU

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PDU

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PDU

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�Optimizing data center power delivery

75%

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Today

Today

Today

Today’ ’’’s DC:

s DC:

s DC:

s DC:

400Vdc DC:

400Vdc DC:

400Vdc DC:

400Vdc DC:

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Energy Efficiency –

Regulato

ry V

iew

•Preserving Perform

ance

•While Reducing Energy

•Impact By 2010

•Save $5.5B

Collectively in

Energy Costs

•Reduce Global CO2

emissions by 54

Million Tons / Year

•Without Derailing

Moore’s Law

Focus: Energy

Efficient

Perfo

rmance

Most Perfo

rmance

w/ Least Energy

•One Planet, many

Regulators

•Working towards

Harm

onized Standards

among all

•Not just Energy, but

ROHS, Materials,

Packaging

Harmonizing

Energy Efficiency

Sta

ndards W

W

Energy Leads in

Holistic G

reen

Strate

gy

•Chips, Boards, Systems,

Software, Data Centers,

Manufacturers, OEMs

•4 Year Roadmap of

Improved PSU &

Motherboard efficiency

Ecosyste

m &

Industry

Partn

ers

We’re all in this

togeth

er

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Investing in Sta

rt-ups

focused on Energy Efficiency

•Voltage Regulation

•Displays

•Low-power wireless

Mobile &

Consumer

•Virtualization

•Voltage Regulation

•Better airflow, lower data error rates

Server &

Deskto

p

Note: example only, not an exhaustive list

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Call to A

ction

Advance 400V D

C in data

cente

r

Industry

Coordinate

with R

egulato

ry

Evolve Syste

m Software

Improve Si & Platform

Regulato

ry

Inte

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Yes

Advances require industry coordination

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Risk Facto

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Today

Today’’ s presenta

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looking

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tements. All sta

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