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In the good old days of IC design, before power became a significant design constraint, most chips were designed without concern for power consumption. This is not true anymore as requirements for lower power consumption continue to increase significantly as components become battery-powered, smaller and require more functionality.
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Arora, M. (2012). Low Power Design. In: The Art of Hardware Architecture. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0397-5_5
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