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most electronic products, digital components are responsible for only
a fraction of the total power consumed. Analog, electromechanical,
and optical components are often responsible for the largest contribu-
tions to the power budget.
One of the most successful techniques employed by designers at
the system level is dynamic power management [8,9]. is technique
reduces power dissipation by selectively turning off (or reducing the
performance of) system components when they are idle (or partially
unexploited). Building a complex system that supports dynamic
power management is a difficult and error-prone process. Long trial-
and-error iterations cannot be tolerated when fast time to market is
the main factor dec ...