Thisworkshopisthetenthinaseriesofinternationalworkshops. Thisyear ittakesplaceinG..ottingen,Germany,andisorganizedbytheUniversityof Hannover. G..ottingenhasonethemostfamousGermanuniversities,whereverywell knownscientistslikeLichtenberg,Hilbert,GaussandvonNeumannstudied, workedandtaught. ItalsohostsseveralresearchinstitutesoftheMax-Planck- Society. The?rstelectronictubecalculatorG1wasbuiltinG..ottingenin1952 byH. Billing. Additionally,G..ottingenwasselectedbecauseitisadjacenttothe worldexpositionEXPO2000inHannoverwhichgivesanoutlookintothe21st centurycoveringthemajortopicsofhumankind,natureandtechnology. WithrespecttotheseinspiringsurroundingsthetechnicalprogramofPAT- MOS2000includes10sessionsdedicatedtomostimportantsubjectsofpower andtimingmodeling,optimizationandsimulationatthedawnofthe21stc- tury. ThefourinvitedtalksaddresstheEuropeanresearchactivitiesinthewo- shop?elds,theevolvingneedsforminimalpowerconsumptionintheareaof wirelessandchipcardapplicationsanddesignmethodologiesofveryhighly- tegratedmultimediaprocessors. Theworkshopisaresultofthejointworkofalargenumberofindividuals, whocannotallbementionedhere. Inparticular,wewouldliketoacknowledge theoutstandingworkofthereviewers,whodidacompetentjobinatimely manner. Wealsohavetothankthemembersofthelocalorganizingcommittee fortheire?ortinenablingtheconferencetorunsmoothly. Finally,wegratefully acknowledgethesupportofallorganizationsandinstitutionssponsoringthe conference. September2000 PeterPirsch ErichBarke DimitriosSoudris Organization OrganizationCommitee GeneralCoChairs: PeterPirsch(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ErichBarke(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ProgramChair: DimitriosSoudris (DemocritusUniversityofThrace,Greece) FinanceChair: LarsHedrich(UniversityofHannover,Germany) PublicationChair: AchimFreimann (UniversityofHannover,Germany) Audio-VisualChair: J..orgAbke(UniversityofHannover,Germany) LocalArrangementsChair: CarstenReuter(UniversityofHannover,Germany) ProgramCommitee D. Auvergne(UniversityofMontpellier,France) J. Bormans(IMEC,Belgium) J. Figueras(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) C. E. Goutis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) A. Guyot(INPGGrenoble,France) R. Hartenstein(UniversityofKaiserslautern,Germany) S. Jones(UniversityofLoughborough,UnitedKingdom) P. Larsson-Edefors(UniversityofLink..oping,Sweden) E. Macii(PolytechnicofTorino,Italy) V. Moshnyaga(UniversityofFukuoka,Japan) W. Nebel(UniversityofOldenburg,Germany) J. A. Nossek(TechnicalUniversityofMunc .. hen,Germany) A. Nunez(UniversityofLasPalmas,Spain) M. Papaefthymiou(UniversityofMichigan,UnitedStates) M. Pedram(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,UnitedStates) H. P?eiderer(UniversityofUlm,Germany) C. Piguet(CSEM,Switzerland) R. Reis(UniversityofPortoAlegre,Brazil) M. Robert(UniversityofMontpellier,France) A. Rubio(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) J. Sparso(TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Denmark) A. Stempkowsky(AcademyofSciences,Russia) T. Stouraitis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) J. F. M. Theeuwen(Philips,TheNetherlands) A. -M. Trullemans-Anckaert(UniversityofLouvain,Belgium) R. Zafalon(STMicroelectronics,Italy) VIII Organization SteeringCommitee D. Auvergne(UniversityofMontpellier,France) R. Hartenstein(UniversityofKaiserslautern,Germany) W. Nebel(UniversityofOldenburg,Germany) C. Piguet(CSEM,Switzerland) A. Rubio(UniversityofCatalunya,Spain) J. Sparso(TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Denmark) A. -M. Trullemans-Anckaert(UniversityofLouvain,Belgium) SponsoringInstitutions EuropeanCommissionDirectorate-GeneralInformationSociety IEEECircuitsandSystemsSociety TableofContents Opening Constraints, Hurdles, and Opportunities for a Successful European Take-Up Action ...1 R. vanLeuken,R. Nouta,A. deGraf(DelftUniversityofTechnology, TheNetherlands) RTL Power Modeling Architectural Design Space Exploration Achieved through Innovative RTL Power Estimation Techniques...3 M. Anton,M. Chinosi,D. Sirtori,R. Zafalon(STMicroelectronics, Italy) Power Models for Semi-autonomous RTL Macros ...14 A. Bogliolo(UniversityofFerrara,Italy) E. Macii,V. Mihailovici,M. Poncino(PolytechnicalUniversityofTorino, Italy) Power Macro-Modelling for Firm-Macro ...24 G. Jochens,L. Kruse,E. Schmidt,A. Stammermann,W. Nebel (OFFISResearchInstitute,Oldenburg,Germany) RTL Estimation of Steering Logic Power...36 C. Anton,P. Civera,I. Colonescu,E. Macii,M. Poncino (PolytechnicalUniversityofTorino,Italy) A. Bogliolo(UniversityofFerrara,Italy) PowerEstimationandOptimization Reducing Power Consumption through Dynamic Frequency Scaling for a Class of Digital Receivers ...47 N. D. Zervas,S. Theoharis,A. P. Kakaroudas,G. Theodoridis, C. E. Goutis(UniversityofPatras,Greece) D.