An Ultra Low Power Processor for Sensor Networks

Computer Architecture Seminar Series (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch)

Speaker: Rajit Manohar, Cornell University
Place: ACES 4.304
Host: Steve Keckler

ABSTRACT:

We present the design of SNAP, an ultra low power processor for sensor network applications. SNAP's architecture has been designed to be efficient at executing common protocol operations in sensor network applications. The circuit style used by SNAP has been optimized for both area and energy to enable the development of a small, long lifetime sensor node. The asynchronous nature of the processor enables efficient transitions from idle to active back to idle state. We present measured performance and energy results for our design. This is the first processor developed specifically for sensor network applications.