Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
Automation Of Switch Insertion And Power Network Generation In 28 Nm Power-Switched Designs |
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
Market competition drives design complexity higher and design cycle shorter resulting in rapid RTL and physical design changes through tape-out. Conventional switched power grid creation requires costly manual intervention to build and verify a complex switched power network. This manual effort often must be repeated for each iteration of the design and, consequently, becomes a bottleneck in complex power-managed design execution. We have developed an automated flow to accomplish the power switch insertion and power network generation leveraging Cadence Encounter (EDI) low power capabilities. Our correct-by-construction flow cuts the switch and power network creation and validation cycle from days to minutes. It is developed for high-performance, multi-core production designs in 28 nm technology. This paper describes the design flow methodology as well as the challenges faced and our solutions. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2012 | 10.1166/jolpe.2012.1234 | JOURNAL OF LOW POWER ELECTRONICS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Power-Switched, Power-Shutoff, Power-Gating Design, Power Switch Insertion, Low-Power, Design Flow | Power network,Automation,Electronic engineering,Engineering,Crossover switch,Embedded system | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
8 | 5 | 1546-1998 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Stelmach | 1 | 0 | 1.01 |
| Kaijian Shi | 2 | 65 | 6.47 |
| Anthony Hill | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |