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In this paper, we propose the White-box Table-based Total Power Consumption (WTTPC) estimation approach that offers both rapid and accurate architecture-level power estimation models for some processor components with regular structures, such as SRAM arrays, based on WTTPC-tables of power values. A comparison of power estimates obtained from the proposed approach against circuit-level HSPICE power values for a 64-b conventional 6T-SRAM memory array implemented in a commercial 0.13-um CMOS technology process shows a 98% accuracy of the WTTPC approach.
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Do, M.Q., Larsson-Edefors, P., Bengtsson, L. (2004). Table-Based Total Power Consumption Estimation of Memory Arrays for Architects. In: Macii, E., Paliouras, V., Koufopavlou, O. (eds) Integrated Circuit and System Design. Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation. PATMOS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3254. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30205-6_89
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