Integrated Circuit Design: Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation
10th International Workshop, PATMOS 2000, Göttingen, Germany, September 13-15, 2000 Proceedings
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Thisworkshopisthetenthinaseriesofinternationalworkshops. Thisyear ittakesplaceinG¨ottingen,Germany,andisorganizedbytheUniversityof Hannover. G¨ottingenhasonethemostfamousGermanuniversities,whereverywell knownscientistslikeLichtenberg,Hilbert,GaussandvonNeumannstudied, workedandtaught. ItalsohostsseveralresearchinstitutesoftheMax-Planck- Society. The?rstelectronictubecalculatorG1wasbuiltinG¨ottingenin1952 byH. Billing. Additionally,G¨ottingenwasselectedbecauseitisadjacenttothe worldexpositionEXPO2000inHannoverwhichgivesanoutlookintothe21st centurycoveringthemajortopicsofhumankind,natureandtechnology. WithrespecttotheseinspiringsurroundingsthetechnicalprogramofPAT- MOS2000includes10sessionsdedicatedtomostimportantsubjectsofpower andtimingmodeling,optimizationandsimulationatthedawnofthe21stc- tury. ThefourinvitedtalksaddresstheEuropeanresearchactivitiesinthewo- shop?elds,theevolvingneedsforminimalpowerconsumptionintheareaof wirelessandchipcardapplicationsanddesignmethodologiesofveryhighly- tegratedmultimediaprocessors. Theworkshopisaresultofthejointworkofalargenumberofindividuals, whocannotallbementionedhere. Inparticular,wewouldliketoacknowledge theoutstandingworkofthereviewers,whodidacompetentjobinatimely manner. Wealsohavetothankthemembersofthelocalorganizingcommittee fortheire?ortinenablingtheconferencetorunsmoothly. Finally,wegratefully acknowledgethesupportofallorganizationsandinstitutionssponsoringthe conference. September2000 PeterPirsch ErichBarke DimitriosSoudris Organization OrganizationCommitee GeneralCoChairs: PeterPirsch(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ErichBarke(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ProgramChair: DimitriosSoudris (DemocritusUniversityofThrace,Greece) FinanceChair: LarsHedrich(UniversityofHannover,Germany) PublicationChair: AchimFreimann (UniversityofHannover,Germany) Audio-VisualChair: J¨orgAbke(UniversityofHannover,Germany) LocalArrangementsChair: CarstenReuter(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ProgramCommitee D. Auvergne(UniversityofMontpellier,France) J. Bormans(IMEC,Belgium) J. Figueras(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) C. E. Goutis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) A. Guyot(INPGGrenoble,France) R. Hartenstein(UniversityofKaiserslautern,Germany) S. Jones(UniversityofLoughborough,UnitedKingdom) P. Larsson-Edefors(UniversityofLink¨oping,Sweden) E. Macii(PolytechnicofTorino,Italy) V. Moshnyaga(UniversityofFukuoka,Japan) W. Nebel(UniversityofOldenburg,Germany) J. A. Nossek(TechnicalUniversityofMunc ¨ hen,Germany) A. Nunez(UniversityofLasPalmas,Spain) M. Papaefthymiou(UniversityofMichigan,UnitedStates) M. Pedram(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,UnitedStates) H. P?eiderer(UniversityofUlm,Germany) C. Piguet(CSEM,Switzerland) R. Reis(UniversityofPortoAlegre,Brazil) M. Robert(UniversityofMontpellier,France) A. Rubio(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) J. Sparsø(TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Denmark) A. Stempkowsky(AcademyofSciences,Russia) T. Stouraitis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) J. F. M. Theeuwen(Philips,TheNetherlands) A. -M. Trullemans-Anckaert(UniversityofLouvain,Belgium) R. Zafalon(STMicroelectronics,Italy) VIII Organization SteeringCommitee D. Auvergne(UniversityofMontpellier,France) R. Hartenstein(UniversityofKaiserslautern,Germany) W. Nebel(UniversityofOldenburg,Germany) C. Piguet(CSEM,Switzerland) A. Rubio(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) J. Sparsø(TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Denmark) A. -M. 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. Nebel (OFFISResearchInstitute,Oldenburg,Germany) RTL Estimation of Steering Logic Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 C. Anton,P. Civera,I. Colonescu,E. Macii,M. Poncino (PolytechnicalUniversityofTorino,Italy) A. Bogliolo(UniversityofFerrara,Italy) PowerEstimationandOptimization Reducing Power Consumption through Dynamic Frequency Scaling for a Class of Digital Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 N. D. Zervas,S. Theoharis,A. P. Kakaroudas,G. Theodoridis, C. E. Goutis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) D.

