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“Optimistic Cycle (OC)” as a new metric for cycle estimation. Additionally,
this section also shows that a set of cycle versus energy Pareto solutions be-
comes a subset of cycle versus area Pareto solutions based on certain practical
assumptions. Combining the new metric “Optimistic Cycle” and the specific
feature of our Pareto solutions, we can achieve fast and accurate architecture
exploration.
10.6.1 Specific features of the Pareto solution
To solve the previously discussed architecture exploration problem, it is nec-
essary to consider both PS
CA
and PS
CE
. However, an interesting feature of
Pareto solutions ...