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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Paul R. Schumacher, Berthoud, CO (US);
Smitha Sundaresan, Louisville, CO (US);
Alan Frost, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pradip K. Jha, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul R. Schumacher, Berthoud, CO (US);
Smitha Sundaresan, Louisville, CO (US);
Alan Frost, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pradip K. Jha, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Approaches for estimating power consumption of a circuit from a circuit design. According to one embodiment, a representation of the circuit design specifies a plurality of circuit elements for implementing the circuit design. The circuit elements are matched to structural templates. Each structural template is representative of one or more circuit elements and has associated information descriptive of one or more toggle rates. Respective estimated toggle rates are determined for the circuit elements of the circuit design based on the information descriptive of one or more toggle rates associated with the matched structural templates. An estimated power consumption level is determined as a function of the estimated toggle rates of the circuit elements, and data indicative of the estimated power consumption level is output.