A system for analyzing the power consumption of a behavior description of an
electrical
design includes a structural element library including a set of technology-independent
structural macro elements, a macro power model module providing macro power models
for one or more of the structural macro elements in the structural element library,
and a power estimation module providing a power consumption value of the electrical
design using a netlist of interconnected components representative of the electrical
design, and the macro power models. The macro power models are associated with
corresponding power models in a user-specified gate-level power model library.
The power analysis system enables behavior level or RTL power analysis using a
user-specified gate-level cell power model library containing arc-based or pin-based
power model descriptions or both.
