Article: Power Delivery in a Modern Processor
By: David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com), May 11, 2020 12:36 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Moritz (better.delete@this.not.tell) on May 11, 2020 12:01 pm wrote:
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on May 11, 2020 7:37 am wrote:
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> > Intel's FIVR, and decoupling capacitors.
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> It is a buck converter and the inductors are inside the package but not on die?
> The current must be insane.
The converter is on die, the inductor is in the package below the die.
Yeah, I think the FIVR was designed for a few hundred amps.
David
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on May 11, 2020 7:37 am wrote:
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> > Intel's FIVR, and decoupling capacitors.
>
> It is a buck converter and the inductors are inside the package but not on die?
> The current must be insane.
The converter is on die, the inductor is in the package below the die.
Yeah, I think the FIVR was designed for a few hundred amps.
David