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P-SAM Facts


Facts
Highlights
  • Dynamic power exploration
  • Si2 standards-based API
  • High accuracy
  • Granularity vs. performance tradeoffs
  • Analysis GUI offers dynamic manipulation of results
  • IP modeling methodology for processors, interconnect,  and peripherals including "grey box" IP
  • Highly automated PowerOpt™ SystemC and RTL characterization
  • Integrated with 3rd party platform tools for development, debug, and analysis
  • Peak power breakpoints
  • Energy budget modeling (battery)
Benefits
  • Achieve the lowest power architecture and software early in the design cycle
  • Standards-based API drives reuse
  • Fast characterization through automated tools
  • Easy-to-use analysis GUI enables fast "hotspot" discovery
Input Formats
  • Timed PV or AV SystemC, virtual platform
  • SystemC, or HDL characterization source
Outputs
  • CPF and UPF constraint files
  • Dynamic power analysis GUI
  • Power reports