Title :
High level estimation of the area and power consumption of on-chip interconnects
Author :
Langen, Dominik ; Brinkmann, André ; Rückert, Ulrich
Author_Institution :
Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn Univ., Germany
Abstract :
This paper addresses the problem of estimating the power and area consumption of on-chip interconnects for standard cell ASIC processes. We introduce a set of analytic investigations on buses, crossbar switches, and multiplexors. Furthermore, we prove the accuracy of the results by comparing them with gate-level power-estimations on a double metal 0.6 μm CMOS technology
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; estimation theory; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit modelling; 0.6 micron; area consumption; buses; crossbar switches; double metal CMOS technology; high level estimation; multiplexors; onchip interconnects; power consumption; standard cell ASIC processes; CMOS technology; Decoding; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit interconnections; LAN interconnection; Libraries; Power system interconnection; Protocols; Switches; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC/SOC Conference, 2000. Proceedings. 13th Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6598-4
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.2000.880753
