5.4. Low-Power Design Tools
Numerous EDA tools are available to help IC designers achieve low-power designs. These tools are classified into two main categories:
Power-analysis and power-estimation tools
Power-optimization tools
Power-estimation tools estimate the power of a specific design by identifying its high power consuming modules at early stages of the design. These tools give IC designers the ability to make high-level design decisions to reduce power or leave the design untouched based on a set of specific power constraints.
Power-optimization tools come into play after the decision is made by IC designers to reduce the power. These tools automatically implement appropriate power-minimization techniques discussed in earlier sections ...
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