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Speed-Power Product

Since it is desirable to have digital IC which are fast and low power, a useful figure of merit is the speed-power product 

\begin{displaymath}t_{P(ave)} \times P_{D(ave)}
\end{displaymath}

which we would like to be as small as possible.



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