Title :
Integration architecture for system-on-a-chip design
Author :
Wingard, Drew ; Kurosawa, Alex
Author_Institution :
Sonics Inc, Los Altos, CA, USA
Abstract :
A new architecture for integrating system-on-a-chip designs is described. The architecture replaces the current ad-hoc mix of multiple on-chip buses, dedicated links, and out-of-band control signals with a unified communications system that is custom-tuned to design requirements. The unified communication system features guaranteed bandwidth and latency, open interfaces to IP cores, and integrated handling of out-of-band control signals
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; design for manufacture; industrial property; integrated circuit design; IP cores; bandwidth; custom-tuned design requirements; integration architecture; latency; open interfaces; out-of-band control signals; system-on-a-chip design; unified communications system; Central Processing Unit; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Computer architecture; Control systems; Costs; Delay; Protocols; Streaming media; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE 1998
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4292-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1998.694912
