FPGA Power Management and Modeling Techniques

As designs get larger and add more system functions implemented on FPGAs, and as the advanced silicon process technology moves into smaller geometries, power consumption is increasingly a concern for today's FPGAs. When designing a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), the power consumed by a device determines not only the power supply, but also the cooling system required for the device. Therefore, obtaining an accurate estimate of power consumption is essential to design a system's power supplies, voltage regulators, heat sink, and cooling system, and is crucial in developing an appropriate power budget for the entire system.