If you don\u2019t recognize IEEE 1801, you may also know it as the Unified Power Format (UPF).<\/p>\n
As with all the IEEE standards, after approval, they are sent to editorial staff to prepare them for publication.\u00a0 So while you might expect me to suggest you get a copy of the standard, if low power design and verification is important to you, I know you cannot get a copy yet.\u00a0 So I won\u2019t do that.\u00a0 If you do need something, the superseded version<\/a> from 2009 is the only one available at this moment.\u00a0 I will keep you updated as to when it is published and ready for access to the global design community.<\/p>\n Erich gives a good introduction to the new standard, also known as UPF 2.1.\u00a0 He describes that UPF 2.1 is an incremental update of UPF 2.0 and not a major revision. He shares that UPF 2.1 contains a large number of small changes, ranging from subtle refinements of existing commands to improve usability, to new concepts that help ensure accurate modeling of power management effects. His article describes some of the more interesting enhancements and refinements that can be found in the new standard.<\/p>\n Erich also shared that the 1801 working group is composed of more than 16 user and vendor companies with even many more participating in the final ballot.\u00a0 This gives us good confidence in the content of this standard and that the group will be ready to tackle the next issues and emerging requirements to further improve low power design and verification.\u00a0 If you are interested to join in with the IEEE 1801 team, visit here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n The IEEE 1801 leadership hosted a half day tutorial on the new standard in late February at DVCon.\u00a0 For those who registered for the conference, the tutorial presentation is still available online<\/a>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the material has not yet been made available to the general public.\u00a0 If you know someone who attended DVCon, and went to the tutorial, you might want to see if you can borrow their copy.\u00a0 The conference did an audio recording and I believe plans are to sync the audio with slides for those who were unable to attend DVCon. Stay tuned for this and I will share information when this becomes available.<\/p>\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2013\/03\/image3.png\")
<\/a>Mentor Graphics\u2019 Erich Marschner and vice chair of the IEEE 1801 working group has published a short article in the DVCon edition of Verification Horizons<\/a> titled ![\"Bringing](\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.verification.academy\/pdf.png\")
\u00a0The Evolution of UPF: What\u2019s Next?<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u00a0 (Free access; no registration required; 81KB)<\/p>\nDVCon UPF Tutorial<\/h3>\n