Institute for Systems Research Technical Reports

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This archive contains a collection of reports generated by the faculty and students of the Institute for Systems Research (ISR), a permanent, interdisciplinary research unit in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. ISR-based projects are conducted through partnerships with industry and government, bringing together faculty and students from multiple academic departments and colleges across the university.

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    TSV-Constrained Micro-Channel Infrastructure Design for Cooling Stacked 3D-ICs
    (2011-05-11) Shi, Bing; Srivastava, Ankur
    Micro-channel based liquid cooling has significant capability of removing high density heat in 3D-ICs. The conventional micro-channel structures investigated for cooling 3D-ICs use straight channels. However, the presence of TSVs which form obstacles to the micro-channels prevents distribution of straight micro-channels. In this paper, we investigate the methodology of designing TSV-constrained micro-channel infrastructure. Specifically, we decide the locations and geometry of micro-channels with bended structure so that it's cooling e®ectiveness is maximized. Our micro-channel structure could achieve up to 87% pumping power saving compared with the micro-channel structure using straight channels.