Power Aware Verification

Overview

This seminar will present an example design with multiple power domains, power supply networks, and a power control unit. It will present methods used to define the power management architecture, to model power distribution, and to control the power states of the design in a way that that it can be successfully verified with dynamic simulation techniques.

Low power design requires partitioning of a chip into potentially many separate power domains that can be independently powered. For correct operation, on-chip active power management must orchestrate power state transitions as the various domains are powered up and down, and must mediate the interactions between domains in different power states. Power aware verification checks that the planned active power management architecture and controls will operate correctly and will enable the design to operate correctly as the design transitions from one power mode to another.

What You Will Learn

• What are the key components required in a system with active power management
• Some potential approaches for modelling and controlling a low power system
• What are the elements of verification that need to be considered to ensure a fully functioning low power system

Who Should View

• Verification Engineers
• Design Engineers