Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs: Architecture and EDA (Systems on Silicon) - Hardcover

Hassan, Hassan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123744385 ISBN 13: 9780123744388

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2009

Synopsis

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have become very popular as embedded components on computing platforms. An FPGA is a viable, reprogrammable design approach that provides a fast time-to-market alternative to Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). Since FPGA implementations can be customized to fit for any application, their versatility leads to performance gains, and enables reuse of expensive silicon. Although high performance can be achieved in FPGAs, their high levels of power consumption pose a critical design challenge.

This book will be an invaluable reference for researchers and practicing engineers concerned with power-efficient, FPGA design. State-of-the-art power reduction techniques for FPGAs will be described and compared. These techniques will be applied at the circuit, architecture, and electronic design automation levels to describe both the dynamic and leakage power sources and enable strategies for codesign.

* Design perspective on low-power FPGAs...low-power techniques presented at key FPGA design levels for circuits, architectures, and electronic design automation, form critical, "bridge" guidelines for codesign;
* Low-leakage design in FPGAs...comprehensive review of leakage-tolerant techniques empowers designers to minimize power dissipation;
* FPGA power estimation techniques...provides valuable tools for estimating power efficiency/savings of current, low-power FPGA design techniques.

About this title

About the Authors

Hassan Hassan is currently a staff engineer in the timing and power group at Actel Corporation. He has authored/coauthored more than 20 papers in international journals and conferences. His research interests include integrated circuit design and design automation for deep submicron VLSI systems. He is also a member of the program committee for several IEEE conferences. Dr. Hassan received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2008.

Mohab Anis is a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo. During 2009, he was with the Electronics Engineering Department at the American University in Cairo. Dr. Anis received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2003. Dr. Anis is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II, Microelectronics Journal, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, ASP Journal of Low Power Electronics, and VLSI Design. He was awarded the 2009 Early Research Award, the 2004 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence in recognition of excellence in research leading to new understanding and novel developments in Microsystems in Canada and the 2002 International Low-Power Design Contest.

From the Back Cover

FPGA technology has reached the nanometer realm. Designing for the low power that these semiconductors require has been a major hurdle towards developing optimized FPGA applications. Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs is a valuable reference for any professional concerned with low power optimization specific to FPGA design.

Various dynamic power reduction techniques that can be applied at the circuit, architecture, and electronic design automation levels are detailed and evaluated. Along with these techniques is a discussion of the minimization of power dissipation. These design techniques presented together enable the reader to develop strategies for co-design.

• Understand the power needs of your FPGA design and how to implement the appropriate power-saving techniques
• Discover leakage reduction techniques using MTCMOS and Input Pin Reordering
• Achieve design balance by limiting power leakage and reducing power need

Hassan Hassan is currently a staff engineer in the timing and power group at Actel Corporation. He has authored/coauthored more than 20 papers in international journals and conferences. His research interests include integrated circuit design and design automation for deep submicron VLSI systems. He is also a member of the program committee for several IEEE conferences. Dr. Hassan received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2008.

Mohab Anis is currently a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo. During 2009, he was with the Electronics Engineering Department at the American University in Cairo. Dr. Anis received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2003. Dr. Anis is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - II, Microelectronics Journal, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, ASP Journal of Low Power Electronics, and VLSI Design. He was awarded the 2009 Early Research Award, the 2004 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence in recognition of excellence in research leading to new understanding and novel developments in Microsystems in Canada and the 2002 International Low-Power Design Contest.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123744385
• ISBN 13: 9780123744388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352