Featured Paper by Samuel Girgis, Nimit Nguansiri, Kevin Skey, Roberto Landrau
Library vendors provide general guidelines for using their intellectual property (IP) in a wide
range of applications. By examining design libraries in more detail, one can tailor the
implementation techniques to improve efficiency. Understanding the capabilities of today�s low
power offerings is a greater challenge than in previous generations since low power libraries are
provided in multiple Vt�s and characterized in multiple voltage domains. This paper provides
guidelines and a methodology for evaluating libraries used in mixed-Vt flows. Using this
approach, we developed a mixed-Vt methodology to reduce leakage power in our application by
50% versus an industry-standard mixed-Vt flow.
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