The power consumption is an important criterion in the design of integrated circuits for portable and non-portable applications. In this thesis, a novel methodology of optimizing the dynamic power consumption by means of supply voltage scaling in the logic synthesis phase of the design process is proposed. The methodology enables supply voltage scaling and various state-of-the-art logic-level power optimization techniques to be used simultaneously. The integration of voltage scaling together with established techniques in the same logic synthesis methodology has been an essential prerequisite for investigating the true additional benefit of supply voltage scaling at the logic level. The full compliance of the proposed methodology with existing industrial design environments is proven using a real embedded microcontroller design as an example.
«
The power consumption is an important criterion in the design of integrated circuits for portable and non-portable applications. In this thesis, a novel methodology of optimizing the dynamic power consumption by means of supply voltage scaling in the logic synthesis phase of the design process is proposed. The methodology enables supply voltage scaling and various state-of-the-art logic-level power optimization techniques to be used simultaneously. The integration of voltage scaling together wit...
»