Texas Instruments MICROPROCESSOR TI SITARA - Manual (Page 14)

Power Management
• AM35x power management features: • AM35x power management features:
– Single voltage and power domain
– Multiple clock domains
– Single Operating Voltage and Frequency – Single Operating Voltage and Frequency
– Low power mode (standby)
• Power, Reset and Clock Management (PRCM)
module controls power management
• Power, Reset and Clock Management (PRCM)
module controls power management
• One voltage supply to device processors and
peripherals. peripherals.
• Supports dynamic clock gating for power
management through clock domains.
– A clock domain is a group of modules or subsections of device – A clock domain is a group of modules or subsections of device
that share a common clock
– By gating the clock to each domain, it is possible to cut a clock to
a group of inactive modules to lower their active power
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a group of inactive modules to lower their active power
consumption.