Reconfigurable Computing: The Theory and Practice of FPGA-Based Computation
Reconfigurable Computing: The Theory and Practice of FPGA-Based Computation
Modeling and implementation of a power estimation methodology for systemC
International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing - Special issue on Selected Papers from the Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design (SBCCI 2011)
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This work describes a methodology for estimating switching activity, which is needed to evaluate power dissipation. The methodology is integrated in a VHDL to SystemC translation process and therefore needs no additional source modifications by the user. The SystemC model is favoured to allow a homogeneous system simulation environment, which speeds up the simulation. The translation process further implements an approach to wrap RTL to transaction level interfaces so that the translated module can be connected to a system level simulator. The switching analysis is based on a statistical model of the underlying HW structure and a preceding analysis of the input dataset. The accuracy and speed-up of the approach is finally illustrated and compared to conventional steps of a power analysis flow.