Title :
State assignment for low power dissipation
Author :
Benini, L. ; De Micheli, G.
Author_Institution :
Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we address the problem of reducing the power dissipated by sequential circuits. We propose a novel approach to power reduction based on transition graph description of sequential circuits. We formulate a general theoretic framework for the solution of the state assignment problem, and we propose different solutions trading off computational effort for quality of the results. A heuristic algorithm has been implemented and been shown to sensibly reduce the switching activity of sequential circuits
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; network synthesis; sequential circuits; state assignment; VLSI system design; computational effort; heuristic algorithm; low power dissipation; power reduction; sequential circuits; state assignment; state assignment problem; switching activity; theoretic framework; transition graph description; Circuit synthesis; Combinational circuits; Costs; Energy consumption; Network synthesis; Power dissipation; Sequential circuits; Signal synthesis; State feedback; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the IEEE 1994
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1886-2
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1994.379750
