Heat transfer enhancement for 3D chip thermal simulation and prediction

C Wang, K Vafai - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Parameter changes in the complex internal structure of multi-layer 3D stacked chips will
greatly reduce the efficiency of modeling and thermal analysis. In this work, by combining …

DeepOHeat: operator learning-based ultra-fast thermal simulation in 3D-IC design

Z Liu, Y Li, J Hu, X Yu, S Shiau, X Ai… - 2023 60th ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thermal issue is a major concern in 3D integrated circuit (IC) design. Thermal optimization
of 3D IC often requires massive expensive PDE simulations. Neural network-based thermal …

Solving Fine-Grained Static 3DIC Thermal with ML Thermal Solver Enhanced with Decay Curve Characterization

H He, N Chang, J Yang, A Kumar, W Xia… - 2023 IEEE/ACM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Static chip thermal analysis provides detailed and accurate thermal profile on chip. The chip
power map, commonly modeled as rectangular regions of distinct heat sources, significantly …

Steady-State temperature field prediction for FPGA chips with reduced number of temperature sensors

Y Guan, Y Ding, P Zhang, C Fan, J Cheng - Measurement, 2025 - Elsevier
Obtaining the steady-state temperature distribution of FPGA chip is the basis to build the
thermal monitoring mechanism for reliable system performance. Existing work employs the …

A fast general thermal simulation model based on Multi-Branch Physics-Informed deep operator neural network

Z Lu, Y Zhou, Y Zhang, X Hu, Q Zhao, X Hu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal simulation plays a crucial role in various fields, often involving complex partial
differential equation (PDE) simulations for thermal optimization. To tackle this challenge, we …

[PDF][PDF] FaStTherm: Fast and Stable Full-Chip Transient Thermal Predictor Considering Nonlinear Effects

T Zhu, Q Wang, Y Lin, R Wang, R Huang - … International Conference on …, 2024 - yibolin.com
Full-chip transient thermal simulation, which is essential for solving pressing thermal issues,
is time-consuming and resource-intensive, especially when nonlinear effects including …

pPIRW: An Efficient and Accurate Pre-calculation Path Integral Random Walk Solver for Steady-State Thermal Simulation With Robin Boundary Conditions

Z Dong, L Yang, C Ding, C Yan, Z Bi… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid increase of the transistor number in VLSI, rapidly rising power density and
temperatures make heat dissipation a major challenge in IC design and manufacturing …

A Fast Electrothermal Response Analysis Method for Interconnect Circuits With Multi-Excitations in Multilayer Packages

Y Liu, D Wu, Z Xu, X Chu, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of package interconnects is increasingly vital as integrated circuits (ICs) continue
to shrink in size and increase in density. However, reducing interconnect size may lead to …

Parallel Per-tile Activation with Linear Superposition of Thermal Response for Solving Arbitrary Power Pattern in 3DIC Thermal Simulation

H He, N Chang, A Kumar, J Yang, W Xia, L Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
A large on-chip peak temperature and thermal gradient, caused by localized hotspots and
cross-die thermal coupling, can severely impact transistor performance, stress, aging …

Thermal estimation for 3D-ICs through generative networks

P Kashyap, PP Ravichandiran, L Wang… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thermal limitations play a significant role in modern integrated chips (ICs) design and
performance. 3D integrated chip (3DIC) makes the thermal problem even worse due to a …