Low Power Design - UPF

Understand and Apply UPF for Practical Low Power Digital Design

This course explains how power intent is modeled, applied, and debugged using Unified Power Format. It focuses on practical understanding of power domains, supply networks, power states, and low power strategies, helping engineers confidently use UPF in real low power design and verification flows.

Created by EDA Academy

Last update 07/2026

Mode Self-paced

Language English

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Low Power Design - UPF

Understand and Apply UPF for Practical Low Power Digital Design

Created by EDA Academy

Last update 07/2026

Mode Self-paced

Language English

5.0

(0)

students

This course includes

8 modules

43 lectures

88 assessment questions

5.31 hours on-demand video

Access on mobile and laptop

Certificate of completion

8 modules

43 lectures

88 assessment questions

5.31 hours on-demand video

Access on mobile and laptop

Certificate of completion

What you'll learn

Analyze UPF standard evolution and foundational low power concepts

Understand power modeling concepts and power supply networks in UPF

Describe UPF implementation flow for MSV and PSO designs

Identify UPF low power strategy rules and application methods

Apply hierarchical UPF modeling for soft and hard IP designs

Resolve complex UPF corner cases using tool-based analysis

Recognize and evaluate non-standard coding practices in UPF

Analyze UPF standard evolution and foundational low power concepts

Understand power modeling concepts and power supply networks in UPF

Describe UPF implementation flow for MSV and PSO designs

Identify UPF low power strategy rules and application methods

Apply hierarchical UPF modeling for soft and hard IP designs

Resolve complex UPF corner cases using tool-based analysis

Recognize and evaluate non-standard coding practices in UPF

Who is this course for

Digital design engineers working on multi-power-domain SoC designs

Low power engineers responsible for UPF-based power intent modeling

Verification engineers validating low power behavior and power states

Physical design engineers interacting with power intent constraints

SoC architects defining power domains and operating modes

IP integration engineers handling soft IP and hard IP power models

Engineers migrating designs across different UPF versions

ASIC engineers supporting low power implementation flows

Digital design engineers working on multi-power-domain SoC designs

Low power engineers responsible for UPF-based power intent modeling

Verification engineers validating low power behavior and power states

Physical design engineers interacting with power intent constraints

Engineers debugging power intent issues reported by EDA tools

SoC architects defining power domains and operating modes

IP integration engineers handling soft IP and hard IP power models

Engineers migrating designs across different UPF versions

Requirements

Basic understanding of synchronous digital circuit design and signal behavior

Experience with RTL design in Verilog or VHDL for digital systems

Ability to read and interpret power intent or design specifications

Experience using EDA tools for synthesis, implementation, or verification

Basic understanding of synchronous digital circuit design and signal behavior

Experience with RTL design in Verilog or VHDL for digital systems

Ability to read and interpret power intent or design specifications

Experience using EDA tools for synthesis, implementation, or verification

Description

Unified Power Format, standardized as IEEE 1801, defines how power intent is described independently from functional logic in modern digital systems. As power constraints become a primary design driver, clear and consistent power intent modeling is essential for predictability, reuse, and tool interoperability. UPF provides a structured way to describe how power is supplied, controlled, and constrained across complex designs with multiple operating modes. Power intent modeling relies on a clear understanding of power domains, supply networks, power states, and domain interfaces. These elements describe where power is applied, how it flows, and under what conditions logic is allowed to operate. Accurate modeling of supply ports, supply nets, supply sets, and power switches enables designers to represent real operating conditions without embedding power assumptions into the functional design. This separation improves scalability and supports large system integration. Low power behavior depends on well-defined strategies for isolation, retention, and level shifting. These strategies control signal behavior when power domains change state and ensure data integrity across operating mo...