Published On: April 11, 2021

Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash THE IMPORTANCE OF PPA IN SEMICONDUCTOR Semiconductor products are designed and manufactured for different conditions with varying requirements. These conditions and requirements are often a combination of several technical criteria. One such important criteria are Power, Performance, And Area (PPA). In the end, the goal of developing semiconductor products is to provide as much functionality possible. This requires a perfect combination of PPA: Low power consumption with high performance in the smallest area possible. The shirking transistor size has ensured that the die/chip area is not a technical concern when designing a semiconductor chip. However, at the same time, other technical challenges are posed by small die/chip areas. Mainly, balancing the power consumption while not affecting the performance. Three-way balancing act of power, performance, and area (PPA) is becoming […]