The practical engineer [IC design, power reduction].

The practical engineer [IC design, power reduction].

The need of popular portable electronics for long battery life is placing power reduction at the top of every IC design engineer's to-do list. A new breed of design automation tools is helping them scrimp on power at every step of the VLSI design process. The automation tools can be differentia...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 35, 2 (1998).
Main Author: Frenkil, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
IC design.
VHDL RTL code.
VLSI design process.
Verilog.
Architectural level.
Design automation tools.
Logic-level power analysis tools.
Long battery life.
Low-power IC design.
Portable electronics.
Power reduction.
Transistor level tools.