2424811 – Low Power Design and Embedded Systems

Nowadays, power and energy consumption are two of the most important criterions in the design of on-chip applications. Other design constraints, such as performance, were dominant in the past, but now it is imperative to optimize for low power, since on-chip temperature and battery life are limiting design factors on modern multi/many core systems. This lab explores different software and hardware approaches for power and energy reduction on modern embedded systems, considering other relevant metrics and constraints (e.g., temperature, performance, chip area).