Title :
Interface design approach for system on chip based on configuration
Author :
Maalej, Issam ; Gogniat, Guy ; Abid, Mohamed ; Philippe, Jean Luc
Abstract :
Communication synthesis is an essential step in hardware/software co-synthesis: many embedded systems use automatic generation of interface for point to point communication or use external supports of communication as standard bus or micro networks. In this paper, we address the problem of hardware-software interface design in a codesign approach for real-time applications. We refer to the hardware component as a hardware accelerator and the software component as a processor. In our approach, the accelerators are directly integrated into the processor core in order to optimize the transfers of data between the two units. In this paper, we describe a configuration approach to design a communication interface.
Keywords :
embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; protocols; system buses; system-on-chip; communication synthesis; configuration approach; embedded systems; external supports of communication; hardware accelerator; hardware/software co-synthesis; interface design approach; point to point communication; processor core; real-time applications; software component; system on chip; Application software; Electronic design automation and methodology; Embedded software; Embedded system; Hardware; Network synthesis; Silicon; System-on-a-chip; Time to market; Virtual colonoscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2003. ISCAS '03. Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7761-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2003.1206382