Title :
New hardware/software design methodologies
Author :
Aboulhamid, E. Mostapha
Author_Institution :
Montreal Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
This paper describes the use of the multi-paradigms aspects of SystemC to develop hardware libraries, to reuse designs, to accelerate simulation, and to allow efficient design space exploration both at the RTL and architectural levels. Concepts of commonality and variation are used to compare SystemC capabilities to those of VHDL.
Keywords :
circuit CAD; circuit simulation; hardware-software codesign; logic CAD; C++ class libraries; RTL levels; SystemC modelling platform; architectural levels; commonality; design environment; design reuse; design space exploration; hardware libraries; hardware/software design methodologies; register-transfer-levels; simulation acceleration; simulation kernel; system behavioural level; variation; Acceleration; Computational modeling; Design methodology; Hardware; Kernel; Pattern analysis; Software design; Software libraries; Space exploration; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics, 2001. ICM 2001 Proceedings. The 13th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7522-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2001.997473
