A quick method for energy optimized gate sizing of digital circuits

Aktan M., Baran D., Oklobdzija V. G.

21st International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization, and Simulation, PATMOS 2011, Madrid, İspanya, 26 - 29 Eylül 2011, cilt.6951 LNCS, ss.1-10 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 6951 LNCS
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-642-24154-3_1
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Madrid
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-10
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Circuit Sizing, Energy-Efficient Design, Energy-Delay Estimation, Switching Activity, VLSI
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Exploration of energy & delay trade-offs requires a sizing solution for minimal energy under operating delay and output load constraints. In this work, a simple method called Constant Stage Effort Ratio (CSER) is proposed for minimal energy solution of digital circuits with a given target delay. The proposed method has a linear run-time dependence on the number of logic gates that is exponential for the optimal solution. As sample cases, the proposed algorithm is applied to parallel VLSI adders with varying bit-widths at 65nm CMOS technology. CSER sizing algorithm provides more than 300x run-time improvement compared to energy optimal solution with a worst case difference of 10% in energy for a 128-bits Kogge-Stone adder. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.