Power Islands: The Evolving Topology of SoC Power Management

Publication: Design & Reuse
Contributor: Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc.

November 1, 2004 -- Few challenges facing the electronics industry today are more important than power management. Several factors are combining to place demands for lower-power operation on many types of consumer and business products. The traditional methods to control power have significant limitations; a new approach is sorely needed. This paper will:

Provide background on the power management problem and some of the established solutions, Present the emerging technology of power islands as an alternative with several attractive features Describes Mobilize, the new power management IP offering from Virtual Silicon that enables the incorporation of power islands into a wide variety of system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

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