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This post is about characterizing or calculating pin average toggling power for any on chip module, using SPICE simulations, Toggling power or Dynamic power is the power dissipated during the transition of any input signal from low to high or high to low. During this time certain amount of current is drawn from the supply…
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Setup and Hold time concept is one of the fundamental concepts that is very necessary for closing and analysing and timing margin. The analysis in digital domain, in Reg to Reg system is very popular but the root cause of Setup and Hold time is often not taken care of in the education system. This…
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I want to share my interview experience in Si2Chip, a design and layout based service company in Bangalore. I applied though the career section of the company and got the call for the Memory Design requirement. There were two telephonic technical rounds consisting of quality technical discussion. Most of the discussion revolved around Memory design…
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Memory devices are something which retain data for a time period just like human brain. This post classifies the Semiconductor Memories and maps different memory devices to Computer Memories. Semiconductor Memories Semiconductor Memories can be classified based on two different characteristics: (i) Access Type (ii) Data Retention Capability Note: Hard-Disk, CD, DVD, Floppy-Disk, Magnetic Tape are also…
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