François Thomas, Field Marketing Director, Cadence Europe IC, Velizy, France

ABSTRACT

For some time, power has been a design issue, particularly with mobile applications where longer battery life is always desirable - wireless phones, Palm computers, laptop computers, etc. But as complexity and speed increase, all applications become power limited, especially in applications such as set-top boxes, DVD players/recorders and video games, which are mainly used in the family home where noisy fans are not acceptable. Even for computing or communication infrastructures, power dissipation has become a costly issue and a limitation.