Electronic device parameter estimator and method therefor

Abstract

A process ( ) and design tool ( ) are presented for the accurate prediction of design parameters ( ) for components ( ) of an integrated circuit ( ) during the early stages of the design of that integrated circuit ( ). These predicted design parameters ( ) include pin count parameters ( ), propagation delay parameters ( ), layout area parameters ( ), dynamic power parameters ( ), static power parameters ( ), and total power parameters ( ). With these parameters, the designer interactively modifies the design prior to the layout and prototyping of the integrated circuit ( ). The dynamic power parameters ( ) and total power parameters ( ) may be repetitively predicted with differing input items to establish a power usage pattern for the integrated circuit ( ).