Early Power Exploration - A World Wide Web Application

Abstract: Exploration at the earliest stages of the design process is an integral component of effective low-power design. Nevertheless, superficial high-level analyses with insufficient accuracy are routinely performed. Critical drawbacks of current high-level design aids include a limited scope of application, inaccuracy of estimation, inaccessibility, and steep learning curves. This paper introduces an approach to alleviate these limitations, thus enabling more effective high-level design exploration. A World Wide Web (WWW) based prototype tool called PowerPlay, which encapsulates and enhances these techniques, is presented.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: DAC
• Authors: David Lidsky, Jan M. Rabaey
• Keywords: Computer Architecture, DAC 1996, Effective Low-power Design, Steep Learning Curves, Tool Called Powerplay