Title :
A comparative study of complexity-based capacitance macro-models
Author :
Macii, Enrico ; Poncino, Massimo ; Scarsi, Riccardo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Autom. e Inf., Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
We present a comparative study of several RT-level capacitance estimators that can be used in the more general framework of macro-modeling-based high-level power estimation. To enforce their independence from both structural and technological details, the various estimators we consider are based on different technology-independent quick-synthesis paradigms that do not require any interaction with the chosen technology library. They all rely on decomposition of the original description into abstract, lower-level primitives for which the characterization in terms of the target library can be performed once and for all.
Keywords :
capacitance; circuit complexity; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit modelling; logic gates; semiconductor device models; AND/OR decomposed nodes; LUT-based FPGA; RT-level capacitance estimators; abstract lower-level primitives; circuit area complexity; comparative study; complexity-based capacitance macro-models; high-level power estimation; power consumption; target library; technology library; technology-independent quick-synthesis paradigms; Capacitance; Circuits; Complexity theory; Costs; Digital systems; Energy consumption; Equations; Manufacturing; Power measurement; Software libraries;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems & Computers, 1998. Conference Record of the Thirty-Second Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5148-7
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.1998.751420
