Rem, Frank J. - Power Estimation Techniques for the Purpose IEEE ProRISK 1997.pdf

Architectural synthesis for digital signal processing (DSP) is the automatic generation of a VLSI implementation of a DSP algorithm. In this process, it is desirable to estimate the power consumption of potential solutions. The estimation should be fast and accurate. The <i>dual-bit-type</i> estimation method known from literature was taken as a basis and adapted for the goals of this research. Experimental results show that the followed approach gives useful results.