hi everybody,
I have some difficult to estimate the area of the registers file. Could it be a good idea to use this formula for each cluster?
Area = Num_of_regs * bits_per_reg * ports^2
where ports = 3 * Num_ALU_per_cluster + IssueWidth_per_cluster
supposing that a register cell without port has area=1
But from an extimation of this formula RF's area seems too large.
Thank you,
Nicola (Alari)