Low-Power Synthesis Flow with Genus Stylus Common UI

Length: 1 Day (8 hours)

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Course Description

This is an Engineer Explorer course for designers familiar with synthesis using the Genus^™ Synthesis Solution in Stylus Common UI mode.

In this course, you explore and implement several low-power techniques to reduce both dynamic and leakage power during synthesis. You use multiple supply voltage (MSV) design, power shutoff (PSO) synthesis, and dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) synthesis. You run low-power flow using CPF and IEEE 1801 and troubleshoot a low-power design. You apply formal verification to validate your power constraints and ensure the functionality of a low-power design.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Identify power reduction techniques
• Set up and run low-power synthesis flow
• Enable clock gating
• Annotate switching activity and run RTL power estimation
• Run optimizations to reduce dynamic and leakage power consumption
• Implement a power shutoff (PSO), dynamic frequency voltage scaling (DVFS), and multiple supply voltage (MSV) design using CPF
• Use IEEE 1801 for designs with MSV and PSO methodology
• Analyze power results
• Troubleshoot low-power design
• Analyze a low-power design with Conformal software
• Identify Genus-Joules integration

Software Used in This Course

Genus_Low_Power_Opt

Software Release(s)

Genus 211

Modules in this Course

• Introduction to Low-Power Implementation Solutions
• Power Reduction
• Low-Power Synthesis Flow
• Low-Power Methodologies: MSV, PSO, and DVFS
• Troubleshooting Low-Power Design
• Checking a Low-Power Design with Conformal Software
• Genus-Joules Integration

Audience

• ASIC Designers
• Chip Designers
• Digital IC Designers

Prerequisites

You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:

• Synthesis Concepts
• Low-Power Basics

Or you must have completed the following courses:

• Genus Synthesis Solution with Stylus Common UI

Related Courses

• Genus Synthesis Solution with Stylus Common UI
• Joules Power Calculator
• Fundamentals of IEEE 1801 Low-Power Specification Format

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