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SoC designers are at ease to compare the performances of memories. It indeed only requires selecting some memory capacities and checking that performances are provided in the same conditions among the suppliers. Area, speed (access time), power consumption in dynamic mode and leakage may be then objectively compared. What about Standard Cell libraries? Not an […]

As an unavoidable technology for IoT, the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol is designed to enable very low-power consumption devices. To save power, designers of BLE ICs need to implement a wake-up system, sufficiently accurate from a time tracking point-of-view, to ensure that paired devices operate in the same time-window. The higher the clock drift,

Intuitive and simple user interface drives the growing demand for voice control, either complementing or replacing keyboards, touchscreens and other traditional controls. The multiplicity of solutions available for Voice Activity Detection (VAD), combined with the absence of vendor-independent benchmarks, makes it hard for any purchaser to select the best solution. Today, neither unified performances nor

The optimization of a Power Management Network (PMNet): it is no longer about PMIC or embedded PMU efficiency on Watts, but now, about the waste of energy for the whole SoC in mW for IoT. IoT is all about wireless communication, which demands dealing with two major noise issues: the ripple loop with the HF-RF,

Expectations of long battery life for ever more feature-packed applications require ultra low-power optimization to reduce overall power consumption. Reaching the low-power consumption target for your SoC implies: To turn on/off different functions through clock gating and power-gating techniques for implementing power domains To manage the transitions between modes of these power domains This previously

Portable devices, like Wearables or Smart devices, spend most of their time (> 98%) in deep-sleep/Hibernate mode. It thus is crucial to minimize the energy drawn by the always-operating functions, i.e. the always-on domain, in order to extend battery lifetime. Indeed, even if the always-on logic represents usually a small part of the SoC, its

Dolphin Integration rolls-out its new generation of pure-logic Audio CODECs, representing THE cost-effective solution for advanced processes such as 28 nm and 16 nm. Targeting a silicon area as low as 0.06 mm2 at 28 nm for the sCODi-N1-DS.01, using SESAME uHD standard cells, a new prowess has been achieved for meeting market challenges. Contact

For SoCs supplied by Lithium-Ion or Alkaline batteries, the actual voltage ranges from 4.4 V in their life, down to 2.0 V over time. They empower IoT devices, which are most of the time put in sleep mode in order to extend their battery life, requiring ultra low voltage supplies for their Always-on and retention