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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nathan C. Buck, Underhill, VT (US);
Eric A. Foreman, Fairfax, VT (US);
Jeffrey G. Hemmett, St. George, VT (US);
Kerim Kalafala, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Gregory M. Schaeffer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Stephen G. Shuma, Underhill, VT (US);
Natesan Venkateswaran, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Chandramouli Visweswariah, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Michael H. Wood, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Vladimir Zolotov, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product to perform dynamic voltage frequency scaling of an integrated circuit include performing statistical timing analysis using a canonical form of a clock, the canonical form of the clock being a function of variability in voltage. Obtaining a canonical model expressing timing slack at each test location of the integrated circuit is as a function of one or more sources of variability, one of the one or more sources of variability being voltage, and performing the dynamic voltage-frequency scaling based on selecting at least one of a clock period and the voltage using the canonical model.