The Future of Low Power Design is Here: IEEE P1801, aka, UPF 2.0

Abstract

Industry adoption of Accellera’s Unified Power Format (UPF) has been broad and swift. And why shouldn’t it be? For the first time, UPF made it possible to specify the power design intent in combination with the HDL specification of the design for use throughout the design, verification and implementation flows. UPF’s portability and feature set opened the door for more efficient design of low power systems. Now, UPF 2.0 is just around the corner. The IEEE P1801 working group, by the time of this conference, will have completed the sequel and it will be well on its way to IEEE standardization. Rumors are that there are significant changes to UPF 2.0. Why has been UPF been enhanced? What value will the new capabilities deliver? Do the changes obsolete UPF 1.0? This presentation will provide an overview of the major changes in UPF 2.0, its relationship with UPF 1.0 and the value that everyone doing low power designs will want to know.