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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ali S. El-Zein, Austin, TX (US);
Robert James Shadowen, Austin, TX (US);
Gabor Bobok, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Edward Armayor Mcquade, Granite Springs, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A process is described to allow an early power estimate where switching activity provided by a simulation of a logical hierarchy in a chip design is accomplished by mapping ports in the physical hierarchy to ports in a logical hierarchy after hierarchy manipulation has been done. Power estimation is done using the switching activity from the simulation of the logical hierarchy mapped to the ports of the physical hierarchy. Early power estimation using results of the hierarchy manipulation is better than power estimation on the logical hierarchy because blocks and signals in the logical hierarchy may be replicated or merged during the hierarchy manipulation.
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