Low Power Processing (LPP™) • Resonant energy recycling

Reduce switching power by 10× — with no performance trade-offs.

Power Down Semiconductor’s LPP™ targets the single biggest source of wasted energy in modern compute: dynamic switching power. LPP™ reduces switching power by at least 90% without reducing clock frequency — from ultra-low-power IoT devices to datacenter-scale accelerators.

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90%+
Switching power reduction (typ.)
65 nm
Silicon-proven (process-agnostic)
180 nm
Prototyped without process changes
13
Issued patents across major economies

Products & Offerings

Build with LPP™ — as ICs, IP, or design services. Power Down supports multiple adoption paths so teams can integrate at the right abstraction level.

IC Offerings

Application-focused chips designed with LPP™ for extreme efficiency without reducing clock frequency.

IoT Medical • Wearables • Mobile Learn more

IP Offerings

Compiler-based IP that generates LPP-enabled blocks for memories, embedded FPGA, and I/O.

Memory • eFPGA • ULP GPIO Learn more

Design Services

We partner with chip teams to identify switching hotspots and embed LPP™ at the circuit level.

Feasibility • Integration • Validation Learn more
How it works

Stop dumping energy into ground

Conventional CMOS switching repeatedly charges and discharges capacitance from VDD to ground — turning valuable energy into heat. LPP™ reshapes switching so energy stays in the circuit and is reused on the next cycle, using resonance to cancel parasitic capacitance.

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What you get

Up to 90%+ dynamic switching power reduction for array-like structures (clock trees, memories, FPGA fabrics) — with no clock-rate reduction.
Foundry-friendly: no special process steps, no extra masks. Designed to be process-node agnostic.
Integration paths: adopt via IP compilers, full IC solutions, or design services for custom programs.
Conventional dynamic power ≈ C · V² · f · α
LPP™: energy recycling + resonant drive reduces switching loss substantially.