07. Low Power Design Guide - TSMC: Advanced Design for Low Power at 65nm and Below

By L.C. Lu, Deputy Director of the Design Methodology Program at TSMC, and David Lan, Senior Manager in design methodology at TSMC North America.

Several drivers create the need for low power today. These include advanced processes at 65nm and below, which, although they enable SoC designs with much more complexity, consume more power. Mobile devices also require low-power chips to extend the battery life in order to compete in the market place and also to reduce overall system cost, which includes packaging costs To achieve low-power, design for power has to be a goal from the start.