CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
5 March 2007
Product News
Common Power Format 1.0 Released by Si2's Low Power Coalition; Specification publicly available at no charge
In a significant step forward for the Low Power Coalition, the Common Power Format 1.0 (CPF) has completed the legal exclusionary review period, and is now available at Si2 's OpenEDA.si2.org web site at no cost for everyone to download and use. CPF is a new design specification language that addresses the limitation in traditional design automation tool flows by capturing the designer's intent for power management and enabling the automation of advanced power-lowering design techniques. The Common Power Format enables all design, verification, implementation - and technology-related power objectives to be captured in a single file and allows the application of that data across the design flow, providing a consistent reference point for design development and production.
Download instructions, along with an FAQ with important details on this process, as well as more information on the LPC is located at this link: http://www.si2.org/?page=811 .
In joining the LPC, members mutually agreed to an Intellectual Property Policy that ensures that contributors, participants, and adopters all have mutually-assured safety from latent patent or royalty surprises. To achieve this, LPC members commit to make known their position with respect to reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing of all necessary patents in any specification developed by the LPC. A "safety" period is provided before any specification is adopted by Si2 to allow full disclosure of any patent positions that may apply. The initial version of CPF, version 1.0, has completed its patent safety period as of March 4th.
Steve Schulz, president and CEO, Si2 says "Today's public release of the CPF 1.0 specification opens this proven technology to the entire industry for broad adoption. The LPC members will now use this as a basis for upcoming enhancements in alignment with the LPC's overall roadmap for new capabilities."
About the Low Power Coalition (LPC)
The Low-Power Coalition (LPC) will deliver enhanced capabilities in low-power Integrated Circuit (IC) design flows in particular relating to specifications of low-power design intent, architectural tradeoffs, logical/physical implementation, design verification and testability. The latest list of LPC members can be found at: http://www.si2.org/?page=751 .
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