DocumentCode :
2215099
Title :
LavA: An Open Platform for Rapid Prototyping of MPSoCs
Author :
Meier, Matthias ; Engel, Michael ; Steinkamp, Matthias ; Spinczyk, Olaf
Author_Institution :
Embedded Syst. Software - Comput. Sci. 12, Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
fYear :
2010
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 2 2010
Firstpage :
452
Lastpage :
457
Abstract :
Configurable hardware is becoming increasingly powerful and less expensive. This allows embedded system developers to exploit hardware parallelism in order to improve real time properties and energy efficiency. However, hardware design, even if performed using high-level hardware description languages, is error-prone and time consuming, especially when designing complex heterogeneous multiprocessor systems. To reduce the time to market for such systems, it is necessary to support the designer with a flexible workflow and methods for efficient reuse of existing components. In software engineering, this is enabled by using model-driven design flows and tools for configuration. In this paper, we describe LavA, a system which adapts these concepts to hardware design. By providing a streamlined toolchain and workflow to rapidly prototype complex, heterogeneous multiprocessor systems-on-chip based on a model-driven approach, developers can reduce turnaround times in design as well as design space exploration.
Keywords :
embedded systems; multiprocessing systems; software engineering; software prototyping; system-on-chip; LavA; MPSoCs; complex heterogeneous multiprocessor system; design space exploration; embedded system; flexible workflow; hardware design; model-driven design flow; rapid prototyping; software engineering; streamlined toolchain; system-on-chip;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Milano
ISSN :
1946-1488
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7842-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FPL.2010.92
Filename :
5694293
Link To Document :
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