Statistical estimation of the cumulative distribution function for power dissipation in VLSI cirucits
Chih-Shun Ding, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Chen-Ta Hsieh, Massoud Pedram · 1997
This paper proposes to use quantile points of the cumulative distributionfunction for power consumption to provide detailed informationabout the power distribution in a circuit. The paper also presentstwo techniques based on population pruning and stratification to improvethe efficiency of estimation. Both population pruning and stratificationare based on a lowcost predictor, such as zero-delay powerestimate. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposedtechniques in providing detailed power distribution information.