Integrated Circuit Design: Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation

Trullemans-Anckaert(UniversityofLouvain,Belgium) SponsoringInstitutions EuropeanCommissionDirectorate–GeneralInformationSociety IEEECircuitsandSystemsSociety TableofContents Opening Constraints, Hurdles, and Opportunities for a Successful European Take-Up Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 R. vanLeuken,R. Nouta,A. deGraf(DelftUniversityofTechnology, TheNetherlands) RTL Power Modeling Architectural Design Space Exploration Achieved through Innovative RTL Power Estimation Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 M. Anton,M. Chinosi,D. Sirtori,R. Zafalon(STMicroelectronics, Italy) Power Models for Semi-autonomous RTL Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A. Bogliolo(UniversityofFerrara,Italy) E. Macii,V. Mihailovici,M. Poncino(PolytechnicalUniversityofTorino, Italy) Power Macro-Modelling for Firm-Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 G. Jochens,L. Kruse,E. Schmidt,A. Stammermann,W.