IEEE Micro Special Issue on

Energy-Aware Computing

 

The march of Moore’s Law continues to provide ever more transistors, but unfortunately Dennard scaling—the concomitant reduction of CMOS threshold and supply voltages—has essentially ended. Hence, power density and peak power demands are soaring with each new process generation on a trajectory that far outstrips improvements in our ability to dissipate heat. Because of these trends, energy efficiency (as opposed to area or switching speeds) is the limiting factor in computing performance in platforms from smartphones to warehouse-scale computers.  This special issue seeks original papers on topics related to energy and power targeting computing platforms at any scale, from embedded systems to data centers.

 

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: 

• Energy-efficient devices and technology 
• Energy-efficient microarchitecture and circuit design 
• Novel packaging and cooling techniques
• Energy-efficient memory and storage mechanisms 
• Techniques to manage stored energy and battery life
• Energy-conscious compilers, operating systems, hypervisors and other system software
• Case studies in energy-aware server, network and embedded system designs
• Energy-conscious datacenter design
• Facility-level power provisioning and cooling designs

Submission procedure

Log onto IEEE CS Manuscript Central (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/micro-cs) and submit your manuscript.  Please direct questions to the IEEE Micro magazine assistant (micro-ma@computer.org).  For the manuscript submission, acceptable file formats include Microsoft Word and PDF. Manuscripts should not exceed 5,000 words including references, with each average-size figure counting as 150 words toward this limit. Please include all figures and tables, as well as a cover page with author contact information (name, postal address, phone, fax, and e-mail address) and a 200-word abstract. Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere, and all manuscripts must be cleared for publication. Accepted articles will be edited for structure, style, clarity, and readability. For more information, please visit the IEEE Micro Author Center (http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewmagazines/acmicro)

• Submissions due:          9 March 2012

• Author notification:       6 May 2012

• Final version due:       25 May 2012

• Publication:                 September-October 2012

 Contact Guest Editors Thomas Wenisch (twenisch@umich.edu) and Alper Buyuktosunoglu (alperb@us.ibm.com)