Rapid and Accurate PPA Prediction for the Template-Based Processor Design Methods

The template-based chip design method aims to build rapidly. However, it still need synthesis and simulation flows to get the performance, power, and area (PPA) reports and find the proper parameters set in the design space exploration, which takes a long time. Therefore, a rapid and accurate PPA pr...

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Main Authors: Mingxin Tang, Libo Huang, Wei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/16/8383
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Summary:The template-based chip design method aims to build rapidly. However, it still need synthesis and simulation flows to get the performance, power, and area (PPA) reports and find the proper parameters set in the design space exploration, which takes a long time. Therefore, a rapid and accurate PPA prediction method is proposed. At first, the PPA Prediction Model based on Multivariate Linear regression (ML-PM) is proposed to fit the multiple parameters’ influence on the PPA via the single parameter affection. Moreover, a Multivariate NonLinear regression Prediction Model (MNL-PM) based on Amdahl’s law is introduced to improve the accuracy of the PPA estimation. The empirical evaluation of the method shows that the PPA prediction for the template-based chip design methods can reach 98.60%, 99.19%, and 98.53% accuracy on performance, power, and, area separately, when compared with the PPA generated via the synthesis and simulation flows.
ISSN:2076-3417