In this paper, the state of the art in ultra-low power (ULP) VLSI design is presented within a unitary framework for the first time. A few general principles are first introduced to gain an insight ...

Most very-large-scale integration (VLSI) designs of the global optical flow method focus on reducing external memory accesses due to global and iterative processes for low-power operation in mobile ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Jie Gu and members of his Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) Lab are developing artificial intelligence chips, specialized accelerator hardware designed to perform AI tasks ...

Low-power electronics is a rapidly evolving field critical to addressing today’s energy challenges. All devices, from mobile phones to electric vehicles, are involved in this progress. Efficiency is ...

By Ambuj Nandanwar, Softnautics The process of chip design is a complex and multi-step endeavour that involves various stages from initial system specifications to manufacturing. Each step is crucial ...

Results from a customer’s 7nm low power design demonstrate the effectiveness of the PowerFirst methodology, as shown in table 1. Activity-driven methodology reduces dynamic power Aprisa’s core engines ...

Several efficient design techniques have been proposed to reduce both dynamic as well as static power in state-of-the-art VLSI circuit applications.

While low-power design gained its footing in the mobile market, due to limited battery life and thermal issues, it is reaching into many more places these days. The explosion in creativity and new ...