Practice - Step 4: Design Trade-Offs and Best Practices
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Practice Questions
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What does DVFS stand for?
💡 Hint: It relates to adjusting voltage and frequency based on workload.
What is the primary benefit of clock gating?
💡 Hint: Think about inactive modules.
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What is the main purpose of DVFS?
💡 Hint: Think about dynamic versus static power.
True or False: Power gating can reduce leakage power at the cost of increased wake-up latency.
💡 Hint: Consider how power management affects idle components.
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Design an integrated power management strategy for a high-performance processor. What frameworks would you incorporate, and what considerations should be addressed?
💡 Hint: Think about how efficient power management can enhance processing tasks.
Describe an application of multi-Vt design in a modern SoC and analyze its benefits and complications.
💡 Hint: Reflect on timing constraints and power efficiency in circuit design.
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