
Chapter 10
Energy-Efficient Address-Generation
Units and Their Design Methodology
Ittetsu Taniguchi
Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
Guillermo Talavera
Universitat Aut`onoma de Barcelona, Spain
Francky Catthoor
IMEC/Katholieke Un`ıvers`ıte`ıt, Leuven, Belgium
Contents
10.1 Introduction ........................................................310
10.2 Motivation behind Exploration of AGUs ...........................311
10.2.1 Types of address equations ................................311
10.2.1.1 Regularity .......................................311
10.2.1.2 Flexibility ........................................313
10.2.1.3 AE design space exploration .................... ...