Altera PowerPlay Early Power Estimator User Manual

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Altera

Corporation

PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Stratix II, Stratix II GX & HardCopy II

January 2007

Power Analysis

Figure 3–25

shows the total thermal power in Watts and the static power

(P

static

) consumed by the device. The thermal power for each section is

also displayed. To see how the thermal power for a section was
calculated, click on the section to view the inputs entered for that section.

Figure 3–25. Thermal Power in the PowerPlay Early Power Estimator

Table 3–12

describes the thermal power parameters in the PowerPlay

Early Power Estimator.

Table 3–12. Thermal Power Section Information

Column Heading

Description

Logic

This shows the dynamic power consumed by ALMs and associated routing. Click Logic to
see details.

RAM

This shows the dynamic power consumed by RAMs blocks and associated routing. Click
RAM to see details.

DSP

This shows the dynamic power consumed by DSP blocks and associated routing. Click
DSP to see details.

I/O

This shows the thermal power consumed by I/O pins and associated routing. This includes
static power dissipated in terminated I/O standards on chip and stand-by power dissipated
in I/O banks. Click I/O to see details.

HSDI

This shows the dynamic power consumed by SERDES hardware for high-speed
differential I/O. Click HSDI to see details.

PLL

This shows the dynamic power consumed by PLLs. Click PLL to see details.

Clocks

This shows the dynamic power consumed by clock networks. Click Clocks to see details.

XCVR

This shows the thermal power consumed by transceiver hardware. This includes the
standby power consumed by unused transceivers. Click XCVR to see details.

If value equals N/A, then the transceivers are not available for the chosen device.

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