Integrated Circuit Design: Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation

(UniversityofHannover,Germany) Audio-VisualChair: J¿orgAbke(UniversityofHannover,Germany) LocalArrangementsChair: CarstenReuter(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ProgramCommitee D. Auvergne(UniversityofMontpellier,France) J. Bormans(IMEC,Belgium) J. Figueras(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) C. E. Goutis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) A. Guyot(INPGGrenoble,France) R. Hartenstein(UniversityofKaiserslautern,Germany) S. Jones(UniversityofLoughborough,UnitedKingdom) P. Larsson-Edefors(UniversityofLink¿oping,Sweden) E. Macii(PolytechnicofTorino,Italy) V. Moshnyaga(UniversityofFukuoka,Japan) W. Nebel(UniversityofOldenburg,Germany) J. A. Nossek(TechnicalUniversityofMunc ¿ hen,Germany) A. Nunez(UniversityofLasPalmas,Spain) M. Papaefthymiou(UniversityofMichigan,UnitedStates) M. Pedram(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,UnitedStates) H. P?eiderer(UniversityofUlm,Germany) C. Piguet(CSEM,Switzerland) R. Reis(UniversityofPortoAlegre,Brazil) M. Robert(UniversityofMontpellier,France) A. Rubio(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) J. Sparsø(TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Denmark) A. Stempkowsky(AcademyofSciences,Russia) T. Stouraitis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) J. F. M. Theeuwen(Philips,TheNetherlands) A. -M. Trullemans-Anckaert(UniversityofLouvain,Belgium) R. Zafalon(STMicroelectronics,Italy) VIII Organization SteeringCommitee D. Auvergne(UniversityofMontpellier,France) R. Hartenstein(UniversityofKaiserslautern,Germany) W. Nebel(UniversityofOldenburg,Germany) C. Piguet(CSEM,Switzerland) A. Rubio(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) J. Sparsø(TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Denmark) A. -M. Trullemans-Anckaert(UniversityofLouvain,Belgium) SponsoringInstitutions EuropeanCommissionDirectorate¿GeneralInformationSociety IEEECircuitsandSystemsSociety TableofContents Opening Constraints, Hurdles, and Opportunities for a Successful European Take-Up Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 R. vanLeuken,R. Nouta,A. deGraf(DelftUniversityofTechnology, TheNetherlands) RTL Power Modeling Architectural D