System for Simulating Processor Power Consumption and Method of the Same

A storage medium readable by a processor, storing instructions executable by said processor to perform a method for simulating processor power consumption, said method comprising:

• simulating a simulated processor by a simulation module;
• utilizing a power analysis model to analyze said processor's execution of at least one fragment of a program, for generating power analysis of a plurality of basic blocks of said at least one fragment by a analysis module;
• computing at least one power correction factor between said plurality of basic blocks by a correction module;
• utilizing a processing apparatus to generate a simulation model with power annotation based on said power analysis and said at least one power correction factor by a annotation module;
• and
• predicting power consumption of said simulated processor based on said simulation model with power annotation by a prediction module.

A software product, tangibly embedded in a computer readable storage medium, for simulating processor power consumption, the software product comprising instructions operable to cause a processing apparatus to perform a method for

• simulating processor power consumption, the method comprising:
• simulating a simulated processor by a simulation module;
• utilizing a power analysis model to analyze said simulated processor's execution of at least one fragment of a program, for generating power analysis of a plurality of basic blocks of said at least one fragment by a analysis module;
• computing at least one power correction factor between said plurality of basic blocks by a correction module;
• generating a simulation model with power annotation based on said power analysis and said at least one power correction factor by a annotation module;
• and
• predicting power consumption of said simulated processor based on said simulation model with power annotation by a prediction module.

A system for simulating processor power consumption, the system comprising:

• a control module;
• a simulation module, coupled to said control module, for simulating a simulated processor;
• an analysis module, coupled to said control module, for utilizing a power analysis model to analyze said simulated processor's execution of at least one fragment of a target program and generate power analysis of a plurality of basic blocks of said at least one fragment;
• a correction module, coupled to said control module, for computing at least one power correction factor between said plurality of basic blocks;
• an annotation module, coupled to said control module, for generating a simulation model with power annotation based on said power analysis and said at least one power correction factor;
• and
• a prediction module, coupled to said control module, for predicting power consumption of said simulated processor based on said simulation model with power annotation.