Is the first text-book to address the design of low power digital integrated circuits in an orderly and logical fashion. As such, this book will be of interest to students as well as professionals.  In addition to taking an educational approach towards low-power design, the book also proposes an integrated methodology to address power at all layers of the design hierarchy. Finally, the text also exposes the main roadblocks as well as the physical limits in further energy scaling.

This book is based on the extensive amount of teaching the author has carried out both at universities and companies worldwide.  All chapters have been drawn up specifically for self-study.  They aim, however, at different levels of understanding.  All chapters begin with elementary material and almost all contain advanced material.

A unique format is used for this book. Rather than choosing for the traditional approach of a lengthy continuous text, interspersed with some figures it uses the reverse approach: graphics first, with comments normally given by a teacher as side-notes. In our experience, a single figure does a lot more to convey a message than a page of text. All slides presented in the book are available as PDF files on a CDROM, included with the book. This approach has the advantage that the material used for teaching is also the material used by the students and that only one additional aspect is explained per slide.  The students can thus easily monitor their progress in understanding.

It is hoped that this innovative format provides a better structure in both teaching and studying these essential topics in low power design.