Table of Contents

Standard Low Power Methods.- Multi-Voltage Design.- Power Gating Overview.- Designing Power Gating.- Architectural Issues for Power Gating.- A Power Gating Example.- IP Design for Low Power.- Frequency and Voltage Scaling Design.- Examples of Voltage and Frequency Scaling Design.- Implementing Multi-Voltage, Power Gated Designs.- Physical Libraries.- Retention Register Design.- Design of the Power Switching Network.

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Michael Keating is a Synopsys Fellow in the company's Advanced Technology Group, focusing on IP development methodology, hardware and software design quality and low power design. David Flynn is an ARM R&D Fellow and has been with the company since 1991, specializing in low power System-on-Chip IP deployment and methodology. Robert Aitken is an ARM R&D Fellow. His areas of responsibility include memory architecture, design for testability and design for manufacturability. Alan Gibbons is a Principal Engineer at Synopsys, with a focus on development of advanced methodology and technology for ARM processor-based system design. Kaijian Shi is a Principal Consultant in the Professional Services Group of Synopsys, specializing in low power design methodology and implementation.