Novel Methods in Computer-Aided Circuit Design and Testing Using Recursive Learning

这项研究调查了功耗的建模和估计，以及在设计抽象的各个级别(布局、逻辑、寄存器传输和行为级别)将功耗降至最低的技术。正在探索指导高能效电子系统设计的原则和方法，并正在评估低功耗设计技术对芯片、模块和系统级设计的影响。正在研究的课题包括：时空功率估计；低功耗状态分配；布尔网络中的功耗；公共子表达式提取；以及低功耗的FPGA综合。

This research investigates modeling and estimation of power consumption as well as techniques for minimizing power at the various levels of design abstraction (layout, logic, register- transfer and behavioral levels). Principles and methods to guide the design of power efficient electronic systems are being explored; and the impact of availability of low-power design techniques on chip, module, and system level designs is being assessed. Topics being investigated include: spatio-temporal power estimation; state assignment for low power; power dissipation in boolean networks; common subexpression extraction; and FPGA synthesis for low power.