The Bigger Picture


By Aveek Sarkar IC power consumption is dependent on its supply voltage. To reduce power consumption, and heat dissipation, IC designers strive to design for lower supply voltages. But the threshold voltage that controls switching in digital CMOS devices hasn't scaled accordingly from reliability and other considerations. As the supply voltage reduces down close to the threshold voltage of ... » read more

Using High-Level Synthesis To Manage Power


Low-Power Engineering talks with Apache Design's Vic Kulkarni, Tensilica's Grant Martin, Cadence's Mike Meyer, Calypto's Shawn McCloud and Forte Design's Brett Cline about the need for a higher level of abstraction to optimize power in ICs. [youtube vid=gpWacAhMYgo] » read more

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