AsAP 1 Chip: 36 Processors
A chip containing 36 (6x6) programmable processors was taped-out in May 2005 in 0.18μm CMOS using a synthesized standard cell technology and is fully functional. Processors on the chip operate at clock rates from 520MHz to 540MHz at 1.8V and each processor dissipates 32mW on average while executing applications at 475MHz.
Most processors run at clock rates over 600MHz at 2.0V, which makes AsAP among the highest known clock rate fabricated processors (programmable or non-programmable) ever designed in a university; it is the second highest known in published research papers.
At 0.9V, the average application power per processor is 2.4mW at 116MHz. Each processor occupies only 0.66mm².
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