Title :
The energy and entropy of VLSI computations
Author :
Tierno, José A. ; Manohar, Rajit ; Martin, Alain J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We introduce the concept of energy index, a measure which can be used to estimate the pourer dissipation of a standard implementation of the high-level specification for an asynchronous circuit. This energy index is related to information-theoretic entropy measures. It is shown how these measures can be used to design low-power circuits
Keywords :
asynchronous circuits; information theory; logic CAD; logic design; VLSI computations; asynchronous circuit; energy index; information-theoretic entropy measures; low-power circuits; Asynchronous circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Costs; Entropy; Semiconductor device modeling; Synchronization; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, 1996. Proceedings., Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Fukushima
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7298-6
DOI :
10.1109/ASYNC.1996.494450
