Lets take a look at the various low power techniques in use today.
I would classify them into 2 categories
- Structural Techniques
- Voltage Islands
- Multi-threshold devices
- Multi-oxide devices
- Minimize capacitance by custom design
- Power efficient circuits
- Parallelism in micro-architecture
- Traditional Techniques
- Clock gating
- Power gating
- Variable frequency
- Variable voltage supply
- Variable device threshold
Dynamic Power Reduction
- Clock Gating
- Power efficient circuits
- Variable frequency
- Variable voltage supply
- Minimize usage of Low Vt Cells
- Power Gating
- Back Biasing
- Reducing Dynamic Power
- Reduce Oxide Thickness
- Use FINFET's
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