User experience based management technique for mobile system-on-chips

• US 9,542,518 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Mojumder, Niladri Narayan, Song, Stanley Seungchul, Rim, Kern, Yeap, Choh Fei
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, SUN J
• Application Number:
  US14/656,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20160140275A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 716/138
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/76 Architectures of general purpose stored program computers with program plugboard G06F15/08; multicomputers G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/30 Circuit design

Abstract

A method for designing a system-on-chip (SOC) for a wireless device includes receiving, at a design processor, first usage conditions for a first module of the SOC and second usage conditions for a second module of the SOC. The method further includes determining design parameters for the SOC. The design parameters are determined based on the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions.

Claims

1. A method for designing a system-on-chip (SOC) for a wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving, at a design processor, first usage conditions for a first module of the SOC and second usage conditions for a second module of the SOC; and

determining design parameters for the SOC based on the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second usage conditions correspond to a second operating frequency of the second module and a second amount of time that the second module operates at the second operating frequency.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency, a second operating frequency of the first module and a second amount of time that the first module operates at the second operating frequency, and a third operating frequency of the first module and a third amount of time that the first module operates at the third operating frequency.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the design parameters indicate transistor device architectures, electrical property tuning, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the design parameters indicate transistor threshold voltages, transistor channel lengths, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving third usage conditions for a third module of the SOC, wherein the design parameters are determined further based on the third usage conditions, wherein the third usage conditions correspond to a third operating frequency of the third module and a third amount of time that the third module operates at the third operating frequency.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions are based on a user profile of the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first module corresponds to a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a modulator/demodulator (MODEM), or a display module, and wherein the second module corresponds to a CPU, a DSP, a GPU, a MODEM, or a display module.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions are based on one or more predicted uses of the wireless device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency and a second operating frequency of the first module and a second amount of time that the first module operates at the second operating frequency.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the design parameters indicate transistor fin width, transistor contact poly pitch, or any combination thereof.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving first usage conditions for a first module of a system-on-chip (SOC) for a wireless device and second usage conditions for a second module of the SOC; and

determining design parameters for the SOC based on the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency, and wherein the second usage conditions correspond to a second operating frequency of the second module and a second amount of time that the second module operates at the second operating frequency.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency, a second operating frequency of the first module and a second amount of time that the first module operates at the second operating frequency, and a third operating frequency of the first module and a third amount of time that the first module operates at the third operating frequency.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the design parameters indicate transistor device architectures, electrical property tuning, or any combination thereof.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the design parameters indicate transistor threshold voltages, transistor channel lengths, or any combination thereof.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for designing a system-on-chip (SOC) for a wireless device, wherein the instructions, when executed by a design processor, cause the design processor to:

receive first usage conditions for a first module of the SOC and second usage conditions for a second module of the SOC; and

determine design parameters for the SOC based on the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency, and wherein the second usage conditions correspond to a second operating frequency of the second module and a second amount of time that the second module operates at the second operating frequency.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first usage conditions correspond to a first operating frequency of the first module and a first amount of time that the first module operates at the first operating frequency, a second operating frequency of the first module and a second amount of time that the first module operates at the second operating frequency, and a third operating frequency of the first module and a third amount of time that the first module operates at the third operating frequency.