Use when you own Domain Grid Partitioning in a low-power closure war room.
Open failing LP test and capture transition window.
Map source/destination domains and state at failure point.
Check isolation/retention/level-shifter policies on that crossing.
Verify PMU ordering against spec.
Check implementation reports for physical legality.
Run root-cause branch: intent vs sequence vs physical.
Patch minimal owner-controlled change.
Run focused test then full LP matrix.
Update signoff dashboard and closure note.
domain grid map, IR analysis report, and strap planning sheet
UPF revision
PMU sequence trace
state coverage report
waiver ledger
LOW-POWER DECISION MEMO — Domain Grid Partitioning
state transition:
observed metric:
root cause:
fix:
regression:
owners: PD power owner, package owner, signoff ownerGRID PARTITIONING
AON mesh --------------------------
SW domain A straps =======
SW domain B straps ========
partition by current profile and mode residency.Mode transition IR and ownership clarity determine tapeout confidence.
GRID + TRANSITIONS
domain partition -> staged wake -> transient IR -> signoff gateTRANSIENT DROOP TREND
baseline ███████
after staging ████
after tuning ██domain grid report
dynamic IR analysis
LP signoff dashboard
handoff owner matrix
Dynamic IR during wake-up, not static IR, was the true blocker for release.
Inspect transition waveforms
Check PMU schedule alignment
Escalate aged waivers
Ask: what transition evidence proves this topic is closed, and which owner signs it?
State transition context must accompany every low-power metric claim.
Intent changes require simulation, formal, and implementation re-validation.
Comparing results from mismatched UPF revisions.
Assuming static checks replace transition validation.
Shipping with aged waivers and unclear ownership.
Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 1
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 2
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 3
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 4
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 5
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 6
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 7
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 8
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 9
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 10
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 11
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 12
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Use this pack to rehearse low-power closure on low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough: transition framing, policy ownership, implementation evidence, and release confidence.
State transition explicitly named with legal source/target states.
Crossing and domain ownership are mapped and agreed.
Policy controls are traced to always-on source logic.
Waveform bookmarks align controls with state timestamps.
Which policy object is first to deviate from intent?
Which owner can apply the smallest reversible fix?
What regression matrix proves no collateral damage?
Which waiver conditions would still block release?
LP EVIDENCE CAPSULE 13
PATH: low-power/pd-power-integration/domain-grid-partitioning/step-by-step-walkthrough
STATE WINDOW: <from -> to>
POLICY OBJECT: <isolation / retention / shifter / switch>
OWNER: <name>
PRIMARY ARTIFACT: <report/waveform/formal result>
RELEASE DECISION: <close / bounded waiver / escalate>Power grids are partitioned by domain operating modes and current profiles, balancing area with worst-case voltage stability.
Metric: domain rail integrity, strap utilization, and cross-domain drop imbalance
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