Hsiao, Michael S.2014-06-122014-06-122001-07-10Michael S. Hsiao, "Genetic Spot Optimization for Peak Power Estimation in Large VLSI Circuits," VLSI Design, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 407-416, 2002. doi:10.1080/1065514021000012020.1065-514Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/48920Estimating peak power involves optimization of the circuit's switching function. The switching of a given gate is not only dependent on the output capacitance of the node, but also heavily dependent on the gate delays in the circuit, since multiple switching events can result from uneven circuit delay paths in the circuit. Genetic spot expansion and optimization are proposed in this paper to estimate tight peak power bounds for large sequential circuits. The optimization spot shifts and expands dynamically based on the maximum power potential (MPP) of the nodes under optimization. Four genetic spot optimization heuristics are studied for sequential circuits. Experimental results showed an average of 70.7% tighter peak power bounds for large sequential benchmark circuits was achieved in short execution times.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalPower estimationPeak powerNon-zero delayGenetic optimizationLow-power designSequential-circuitsSwitching activityComputer science, hardware & architectureEngineering, electricalArticle - RefereedCopyright © 2002 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://www.hindawi.com/journals/vlsi/2002/204130/abs/https://doi.org/10.1080/1065514021000012020