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You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Mike Keating: The Future of Low Power 2008 Synopsys Fellow, presents a 2008 update to last year's popular SNUG presentation. This talk consists of a leisurely walk through the power management spectrum, with digressions into various interesting side-issues. Mike Keating DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Godwin Maben: Low Power Trends and Methodology Godwin Maben, author of the popular Magic Blue Smoke blog, summarizes low power design techniques (e.g. Clock Gating, Multi-Threshold Leakage Optimization, Power Gating) and the challenges that arise from using each of these techniques Godwin Maben DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Design and Verification of Ultra Low Power SoCs with ARM Cores This presentation describes the common challenges and solutions in the design and verification of SoCs striving for power and performance efficiency. In particular, we discuss how ARM's IEM technology can control power and performance, focusing on the integration of ARM cores, IEM technology, and the process of architecting and verifying a low power scheme using these components. We also provide guidance in the hardware and software partitioning of low power schemes. Srikanth Jadcherla, Group Director of R&D, Synopsys -- Prapanna Tiwari, Manager, Corporate Applications Engineer, Synopsys DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Low Power Challenges Low-Power Panel: Shaken or Stirred by Low Power Design Challenges? Mike Keating: Synopsys Fellow DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Implementation of Low Power Designs Low-Power Panel: Shaken or Stirred by Low Power Design Challenges? Alan Gibbons: Principal Engineer, Synopsys DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Low Power Physical IP Low-Power Panel: Shaken or Stirred by Low Power Design Challenges? Rob Aitken: ARM Fellow DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		High Performance and Low Power Low-Power Panel: Shaken or Stirred by Low Power Design Challenges? Steve Meier: VP Engineering, Synopsys DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Low Power Techniques for RTL Designers Low-Power Panel: Shaken or Stirred by Low Power Design Challenges? Dave Flynn: ARM Fellow DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Managing Power in 45nm and 65nm Designs The adoption of 65nm and 45nm processes increases the importance of managing power and overall energy consumption, including static power dissipation. This presentation describes a design flow using a combination of Artisan physical IP and Synopsys’ Galaxy Platform tools. Leah Schuth DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

You need to upgrade your Flash Player .		Maximize Virtual Platform ROI by Efficient Model Development Virtual platforms are used for tasks such as embedded software development, software-driven verification, and performance analysis. Key to making this work is efficient model creation – the ROI strongly depends on early availability. An approach will be presented that resulted in delivering complex virtual platforms 9-12 months prior to silicon. Sam Tennent DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (PDF)

Seminar: The Future of Low Power

Synopsys Fellow Mike Keating addresses the long term (3-5 yr) issues in design for low power. Included in his talk is a discussion of some key technologies that affect, or are affected by, low power design goals. Finally, the implications for the design methodology of the future are discussed.
Mike Keating