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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Rajat Chaudhry, Austin, TX (US);
Tilman Gloekler, Gaertringen, DE;
Daniel L. Stasiak, Austin, TX (US);
Todd E. Swanson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rajat Chaudhry, Austin, TX (US);
Tilman Gloekler, Gaertringen, DE;
Daniel L. Stasiak, Austin, TX (US);
Todd E. Swanson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer implemented power optimization method that generates statistics relating to the clock gating of a set of components in a VLSI design. A set of components, including those components which are not clock gated, are identified. The generation of statistics related to clock gating testing identify whether one or more components of the set of components may be clock gated.