Early power estimator for integrated circuits
US7810058B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2119/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method estimates the effective switched capacitance for any number of resource types that may be used to form a yet-to-be fabricated IC device using pre-layout netlists of the various resource types. The effective switched capacitances of the resource types are then combined with the operating frequency and the resource utilization of a user design to estimate the power consumption of the user design to be implemented in the device before physical samples of the device are available.
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