Disabling unused/inactive resources in an integrated circuit for static power reduction

摘要

A method of operating an integrated circuit (“IC”) is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more unused or inactive resources of the IC which will not be used in a circuit design or which are inactive during operation of the IC. The method also includes enabling resources of the IC which will be used in the circuit design, and also disabling one or more unused or inactive resources of the IC from one or more power supply terminals in response to configuration values which are stored in memory cells.