Term · General Industry
Over-design
Building in more margin, performance or capability than the specification requires, at a cost in area, power, schedule or price. Sometimes prudent, sometimes an unexamined habit inherited from a previous project.
- Also known as
- Overdesign, Gold plating
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Silicon bring-up
Notes
Stacked over-design across blocks is the usual root cause when a chip meets every internal spec yet loses on power and area.
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