Saving Power in the Control Path of Embedded Processors

  • Authors:
  • Ching-Long Su;Chi-Ying Tsui;Alvin M. Despain

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Design & Test
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

CMOS circuits consume power during the charging and discharging of capacitances. Reducing switching activity then, saves power in embedded processors. The authors' two-pronged attack uses Gray code addressing and cold scheduling to eliminate bit switches.