Power Analysis and Optimization from Circuit to Register-Transfer Levels

One of the key features that led to the success of CMOS technology was its intrinsic low power consumption. It allowed circuit designers and EDA tools to concentrate on maximizing circuit performance and minimizing circuit area. Another interesting feature of CMOS technology is its nice scaling properties, which permitted a steady decrease in the feature size, allowing for numerous and exceptionally complex systems on a single chip, working at high clock frequencies.