A method for estimating the power consumption of an electronic circuit under design that employs a Cycle-Accurate Functional Description (CAFD) which advantageously provides the accuracy achieved by RTL power estimation with the speed and speed of higher-level approaches. ...http://www.google.com/patents/US20070022395?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070022395 - POWER ESTIMATION EMPLOYING CYCLE-ACCURATE FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONS
