Method and system for determining optimal delay allocation to datapath blocks based on area-delay and power-delay curves

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for automatically determining optimal design parameters of a subsystem to meet design constraints. The subsystem comprises a plurality of circuits. The optimal design parameters are determined by performing a parameter-delay curve optimization of the subsystem design parameters. Specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and/or computer program product for determining optimal values for the design parameters of a circuit block, which result in optimally assigned delay targets for datapath blocks at the minimum power/area point. The problem/solution space is extended to solve the problem of figuring out the best possible implementation, for example, static vs dynamic, for each datapath block. Based on parameter functions, which relate to the design parameters for circuits in the circuit block, the design parameters are optimized to satisfy the design constraints. In one embodiment, the design parameters include power and delay and the parameter functions are power-delay curves.