A Monte Carlo approach for power estimation

Author

Burch, Richard ; Najm, Farid N. ; Yang, Ping ; Trick, Timothy N.

Author_Institution

Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

71

Abstract

The authors investigate a power estimation technique for VLSI that combines the accuracy of simulation-based techniques with the speed of the probabilistic techniques. The resulting method is statistical in nature; it consists of applying randomly generated input patterns to the circuit and monitoring, with a simulator, the resulting power value. This is continued until a value of power is obtained with a desired accuracy, at a specified confidence level. The authors present the algorithm and experimental results, and discuss the superiority of the approach.<>

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; VLSI; circuit CAD; logic CAD; Monte Carlo approach; VLSI design; VLSI power dissipation; experimental results; power estimation; probabilistic techniques; randomly generated input patterns; simulation-based techniques; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Integrated circuit technology; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Monte Carlo methods; Phase estimation; Power dissipation; Power supplies; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-8210

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/92.219908

Filename

219908