Frequently Asked Questions

What unit is … specified in?

We use un-prefixed units for all values. Joules, seconds, meters, square meters, bits, etc. If you’re working internally in the code, you may see reservations as well; these are a porportion of maximum, from 0 to 1.

In what order are area, energy, latency, and leak power parameters and names?

Wherever applicable, we follow alphabetical order of area, energy, latency, and leak power. For example, the main function for calculating these attributes is calculate_component_area_energy_latency_leak(). The same convention is followed in hwcomponents.