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Altera_Forum
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14 years agoBasically powerplay is using four items to come up with the number.
Toggle Rate, (typically defaults to 12.5%, but in your case you are using a VCD file). Temperature, (Takes worse case corner, normally hot.) Voltage Skew, (Probably takes worse case corner, high) Die Lot Skew (again takes worse case corner). All of these things have a significant effect on the total power of the device, and the worse case can have a significant impact on the power draw. The purpose of the tool is to give you a "Worse Case" design target. If you take your existing design, and increase the temperature to 70C you should see a significant difference in the current draw. The Die Skew is something that you won't be able to control, and your particular devices is probably not on the worse case corner, but is something you still need to take into account when designing your board.