Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Aseem Gupta

Magdy Samuel Abadir

Puneet Sharma

Kamal S Khouri

Systems and methods for predicting electronic component behavior in bus-based systems are described. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying a first bus access request pending in a request queue, the first bus access request associated with a first master component operably coupled to a bus. The method may also include calculating a first wait time corresponding to the first bus access request, the first wait time indicative of a length of time after which the first master component is expected to be granted access to the bus. The method may further include, in response to the first wait time meeting a threshold value, issuing a command to the first master component. In some embodiments, various techniques disclosed herein may be implemented, for example, in a computer system, an integrated circuit, or the like.

Prediction of electronic component behavior in bus-based systems

A method of designing a data processing device design includes determining thermal profile information to indicate a predicted operating temperature for a device instance in the design. The device instance is associated with a first library cell having a relatively high threshold voltage characteristic. A cost function value is determined for the device instance based on the thermal profile information and based on timing information for data paths associated with the device instance. Based on the cost function value, the library cell associated with the device instance can be changed to a cell having a higher threshold voltage characteristic.

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