Description
Modern computer servers require cutting edge technologies to meet their expected high performance. Among several relevant disciplines, power delivery (PD) is a key player in this regard. Efficient and reliable statistical methods to reduce cost while keeping adequate server’s performance are highly demanded from the PD perspective. This paper addresses a feasible statistical methodology based on design of experiments (DoE) for evaluating platform’s power delivery ingredients. Our methodology explores voltage regulator’s intrinsic parameters, compensation networks, non-linear compensation parameters, and the amount of bulk capacitors. Our statistical approach aims at identifying those variables with the largest impact on computer server’s PD performance, as well as optimizing them at the system level while achieving cost reduction.
