Title :
Instruction based power consumption estimation methodology
Author :
Caldari, Marco ; Conti, Massimo ; Crippa, Paolo ; Nuzzo, Giuseppe ; Orcioni, Simone ; Turchetti, Claudio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Ancona Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The paper presents a new model of the dynamic power dissipated by a circuit described at gate or behavioural level. A procedure is presented for an accurate estimate of the power dissipated during the execution of each instruction by using gate level or behavioural level digital simulations. The information on power consumption stored in a look-up table can be used in a system level simulation. The methodology has been applied to the design of an I2C bus driver.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; digital simulation; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; parameter estimation; system-on-chip; table lookup; I2C bus driver design; behavioural level digital simulations; dissipated power estimation; dynamic power dissipation model; gate level digital simulations; instruction based power consumption estimation methodology; instruction execution; look-up table; system level simulation; system on chip; Analytical models; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Clocks; Consumer electronics; Digital simulation; Energy consumption; Frequency; System-on-a-chip; Table lookup;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2002. 9th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7596-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2002.1046270
