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| Title | Sensitivity of FPGA power evaluation |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Poon, K. K. W., and S. J. E. Wilton |
| Conference Name | Field-Programmable Technology, 2002. (FPT). Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Conference on |
| Pagination | 441 - 442 |
| Date Published | dec. |
| Keywords | field programmable gate arrays, FPGA power estimation tool, FPGA power evaluation, input transition density, low-power electronics, network routing, power dissipation, power-efficient FPGA architecture, primary input density, routing algorithm, sensitivity analysis |
| Abstract | Power dissipation is becoming a major concern among FPGA vendors. Recently, architectural studies have been published which attempt to quantify the effects of various architectural alternatives on the power dissipation of FPGAs. These studies are very sensitive to assumptions made during the experimentation. In this paper, we analyze the sensitivity of two of these assumptions: the primary input density and the routing algorithm. We show that both of these assumptions significantly impact the architectural results. |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FPT.2002.1188730 |
| DOI | 10.1109/FPT.2002.1188730 |