Hardware-software co-design of embedded systems [and prolog]

Author

Wolf, Wayne H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

82

Issue

7

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

967

Lastpage

989

Abstract

This paper surveys the design of embedded computer systems, which use software running on programmable computers to implement system functions. Creating an embedded computer system which meets its performance, cost, and design time goals is a hardware-software co-design problem-the design of the hardware and software components influence each other. This paper emphasizes a historical approach to show the relationships between well-understood design problems and the as-yet unsolved problems in co-design. We describe the relationship between hardware and software architecture in the early stages of embedded system design. We describe analysis techniques for hardware and software relevant to the architectural choices required for hardware-software co-design. We also describe design and synthesis techniques for co-design and related problems

Keywords

circuit CAD; intelligent design assistants; real-time systems; software engineering; analysis techniques; architectural choices; cost; design problems; design techniques; design time goals; embedded computer systems; embedded system design; hardware architecture; hardware-software co-design; historical approach; performance; programmable computers; software architecture; synthesis techniques; system functions; Application software; Costs; Design methodology; Embedded computing; Embedded software; Embedded system; Hardware; Microprocessors; Software design; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.293155

Filename

293155