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PrimeTime PX学习笔记1PTPX is used to accurately analyze power dissipation with PT. PrimeTime PX supports a gate-level?netlist only.Power = Leakage Power + Dynamic Power(internal power and switching power).You can use the following power analysis techniques with PrimeTime PX:* Averaged power analysisFor purely averaged power analysis, PrimeTime PX supports propagation of switchingactivity based on defaults, user-defined switching, or switching derived from an HDLsimulation (either RTL or gate level).* Time-based power analysisFor extremely accurate analysis of power with respect to time, PrimeTime PX supportsanalysis based on the RTL or gate-level simulation activity over time.PrimeTime PX uses an event-driven algorithm to calculate the power consumption foreach event. Detailed time-based power waveforms are generated to provide bothaverage and peak power results. The tool can produce an average and peak power report.Required Files descriptions:Gate-Level NetlistTechnology LibraryPTPX supports either CCS(composite current source) or NLPM(nonlinear power model).You use the power_model_preference nlpm | ccs variable to specify your power modelpreference when the library contains both NLPM and CCS data. The default is ccs.SDC FileThe SDC file contains the design constraints. The driver cell information is used to calculate?the transition time on the primary inputs.Parasitic FileSwitching ActivityIn the averaged power analysis, you use either SAIF or VCD file formats to read the switching?activity.If you do not specify switching activity information, the tool assumes certain default?values for the switching activity.In time-based power analysis, you use VCD file formats to read the switching activity.When you read a SAIF file or an RTL VCD file for power estimation, use the set_rtl_to_gate_name?command to map the RTL and gate-level object names. This command is especially necessary if you?have performed only the RTL simulation for generating the backward SAIF file. Because t