POWER INDEX COMPUTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COMPUTING POWER INDEX, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT

A power index computing apparatus that computes a power index for a circuit having one or more modules includes an obtaining unit that obtains estimated power consumption for a module in the circuit and a first computing unit that computes entropy based on a transition probability of an output signal of the module during a simulation period. The entropy is indicative of an expected value of a data volume output from the module, and the output signal is output to a destination that is external to the module. The power index computing apparatus further includes a second computing unit that computes a power index based on the estimated power consumption and the entropy, where the power index concerns power consumption for output of the output signal with respect to the estimated power consumption. An output unit of the power index computing apparatus outputs a result of the second computing unit.