By Durgesh Prasad, Jitesh Bansal and Madhur Bhargava
The Unified Power Format (UPF) is used to specify the power intent of a design. Once written, the UPF file is applied at every stage of the design cycle — starting with the RTL, then the gate-level, and finally during place and route.
A major problem is that the UPF needs to be refined or modified at every stage to keep it compatible ...
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