CPU voltage regulator integration

80% is not a big deal, the current crop of intel CPUs have tiny heatsinks, and low heastsink clamping force compared to 4 years ago. They can't be producing much heat to start with. Another 20% isn't going to be a big deal.

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That sounds a lot like the Enpirion technology. They have been selling switchers for a number of years that include on die magnetics. I agree that it seems an odd duck to want to include in the CPU package much less on the die.

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It looks like the switcher is a separate piece of silicon, in the package with the CPU but not the same chip.

The umpta-phase switcher is cool. I've done three phase, but IC designers don't much care about parts count.

What's the "virus" on p18 of the PDF?

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maybe that is because it is a test chip?, it says 90nm, the processor they used is 65nm. don't know if it is even possible to do all the thick metal and magnetic layers in the process used for the CPU

the e7330 they used is already two processor dies in one package

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I believe that is what they call a special software that can put maximum load on all parts of the chip at the same time

-Lasse

Cute. I expect that the shebang is more in package rather than completely on chip. More likely the regulator is on chip but the switch, inductor, and caps are in package. I'll bet it runs at some several MHz.

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it's right there in the presentation, it is a separate chip but switches and inductors are on chip and it is programmable between

30 and 140MHz

-Lasse