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July - 2012 - issue > In My Opinion
Low Power to the People!
Vic Kulkarni
General Manager & Senior VP-RTL Business Unit of Apache Design Inc.
Key trends driving the industry and ANSYS-Apache
In today's connected world, several factors are driving the increasing demand for more power-efficient ICs and electronic systems, including:
• The proliferation of high performance mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers. NPD researchers predict that the mobile processor sector will grow at a rate of 22 percent each year through 2016. That's after this area already nearly doubled in 2011 when mobile processor growth exceeded 43 percent. The escalating use and functionality of these devices is driving manufacturers to develop more power-efficient electronic components that extend battery life.
• The growing demand for smaller form factor electronic systems. This requires designers to deliver products that consume less power while still satisfying performance requirements. IC and electronic system manufacturers have begun marketing battery life as a key differentiating product feature. In addition, the explosion in system-to-system wireless communications is amplifying the amount of noise within and between ICs, threatening the system with malfunction or failure.
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