For those of you who were wondering if I had fallen off the face of the planet, the answer is no. My mind was stuck in a limbo when I got hurt in an extraction (not the parasitic kind) mission. Confused? Read on… I finally got to watch the critically acclaimed sci-fi movie Inception last weekend and life has never been the same again. Without giving away too much detail for the benefit of those who … Read More
Tags: Donut Domains, Multi-Voltage Flow, always-on, UPF
Step 0 Commitment – Are you really sure you want to MV? Are you positive that Multi-Vt & Clock gating would not help with your power budgets? Proceed to step1 with caution only if you really must.
Step 1 Architecture Selection – Ensure that the architecture is frozen and capture all the power constraints required for the chosen MV style in the UPF file. As most of you are aware this can also be done … Read More
Tags: Isolation Cells, Level Shifter, Always on Buffers, Power Switches, UPF, MTCMOS, Multi-Voltage
