An ArchC approach for automatic energy consumption characterization of processors

This paper presents acSynth, an ArchC framework for energy characterization and simulation. Based on Tiwari's Method, a subject processor is characterized in an affordable time and the information is fed into acSynth to bring architecture level power analysis. The framework provides power repor...

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Published in2012 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP) pp. 57 - 63
Main Authors Guedes, M., Auler, R., Borin, E., Azevedo, R.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2012
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acPower
acPowerGen
acSim
acSynth
ArchC
characterization
Computational modeling
consumption
Energy consumption
Estimation
high-level
Libraries
power
processor
Program processors
simulation
Solid modeling
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Summary:This paper presents acSynth, an ArchC framework for energy characterization and simulation. Based on Tiwari's Method, a subject processor is characterized in an affordable time and the information is fed into acSynth to bring architecture level power analysis. The framework provides power reports and energy profiling. The experimental results show the characterization flow for the Plasma processor, a MIPS-I HDL description. The acSynth can provide power analysis at 35.1 million instructions per second in simulation with small accuracy diversion and without loss of generality. The system allows the execution of large tests in minutes, which would otherwise take years in a standard HDL methodology.
ISBN:9781467327862
1467327867
ISSN:2150-5500
2150-5519
DOI:10.1109/RSP.2012.6380691