IEEE 1801 UPF enables early specification of "power intent", or the power management architecture of a design, so that power management can be taken into account during design verification and verified along with design functionality. The verified power intent then serves as a golden reference for the implementation flow.
To fully realize the advantages of this capability, a methodology called Successive Refinement was conceived during development of IEEE 1801-2009 UPF. However, this methodology is still not well understood in the industry.
In this paper, we present the UPF Successive Refinement methodology in detail. We explain how power management constraints can be specified for IP blocks to ensure correct usage in a power-managed system. We explain how a system's power management architecture can be specified in a technology-independent manner and verified abstractly, before implementation. We also explain how implementation information can be added later. Finally, we explain the benefits of Successive Refinement.
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