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State encoding for low power
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<p>State encoding assigns a unique pattern of ones and zeros to each defined state of a <a href="/facts/Finite-state_machine/GMusWd0a">finite-state machine</a> (FSM). Traditionally, design criteria for FSM synthesis were speed, area, or both. Following <a href="/facts/Moore%27s_law/90CSekhl">Moore's law</a>, with technology advancement, density and speed of integrated circuits have increased exponentially. With this, power dissipation per area has inevitably increased, which has forced designers for portable computing devices and high-speed processors to consider power dissipation as a critical parameter during design consideration. </p>