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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Salim U. Chowdhury, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Salim U. Chowdhury, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For each of a plurality of interconnected gates forming one or more non-critical timing paths through a logic block, a gate size may be selected based on (i) a gate delay, (ii) a change in gate delay and gate power associated with downsizing the gate to a next available gate size, and (iii) signal arrival times at one or more inputs and outputs of the gate to minimize power consumed by the logic block while maintaining a specified cycle time.