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Power Consumption - Optimization made easy

 

SCROOGE is the power consumption analyzer for simulating mixed-signal SoC power consumption hierarchically. Whereas common solutions enable statistical or average power consumption analysis, the main advantage of SCROOGE is to provide hierarchical evaluation of power consumption: both logic (leakage and dynamic before Place & Route) and analog (during transient simulation).

It is the solution of choice for companies pondering how to take a step toward efficient power estimations. Its unique capability to provide results for the complete mixed signal SoC enables precise power optimizations and sizing of the components.

SCROOGE - powered by SMASH™ - is the Ideal Solution for users without any layout, P&R or power analyzer tools, as it can predict performance accurately on the basis of synthesis only.
Thanks to its user friendly features, power consumption analysis finally becomes easy!

 

Key features

  • Reduce power consumption all along the design chain! thanks to accurate transient analysis of the peaks on your SoC
  • Optimize the sequencing of your SoC, thanks to the identification of the most consuming parts without any need for P&R data
  • Enjoy the capability for sizing the DC-DC converters, thanks to a trustable consumption analysis of transient mixed signals
  • Benefit from a proven consistency between SCROOGE and Silicon measurements
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Description of the solution

SCROOGE grants logic designers with the capability to quantify power consumption, to track and to detect all power peaks or hot points. But the logic part of a SoC is only one face of the coin as analog designers share the need to address other issues in time domain, beginning with the resilience of switching margins. SCROOGE is the first EDA solution to provide the capability to analyze hierarchically mixed signal sensitivity to power consumption of a whole SoC: a key feature for yield optimization of logic. Just what you need to make the right choices for sizing and assessing accurately your power optimizations is at hand!

SCROOGE of course provides an interactive validation and optimization of your power budget. Benefit from a better accuracy of SoC consumption analysis thanks to emulation before Place & Route of the Clock Tree and High Fanout Nets.

Lastly, the mixed signal simulator SMASH™ is completely integrated to SCROOGE. The ease of use it offers is striking!
Gain in efficiency thanks to graphic, hierarchical and interactive visualization of results, but also thanks to the capability to customize html reports for best relevance in your design reviews.

 

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Measuring & Reporting

Additional Features

  • Clock tree and HFN emulation before P&R
  • Display of leakage and dynamic power consumption during transient simulation
  • Identification of critical points (peaks) and hot points
  • Analog power consumption reporting
  • Signal driven power simulation with testbench enable/disable
  • Clock based leakage and dynamic cycle power consumption simulation
  • Hierarchical browsing of power map, both online and as post-processing
  • Extraction of cycle power signature: min, max, average and std deviation
  • Streamlined graphic user interface
  • Enhanced power consumption report with color scales
  • Extended support of SPEF back-annotation
  • Increased capacity and reduced SDF annotation memory requirements

Why does SCROOGE help you to be perfectly power consumption stingy?

  • Avoid SoC oversizing to improve density and speed
  • Detect circuit defaults and predict consumption earlier in the flow (before P&R)
  • Avoid design iterations with your P&R provider thanks to clock tree emulation available after synthesis
  • Save designers' time by providing them with an easily and efficiently usable solution
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Fascinated by the idea of discovering an innovative EDA solution to predict and minimize the power consumption of your Mixed-Signal SoC?

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