Title :
An integrated environment for concurrent development of a pixel processor ASIC and application software
Author :
Roth, Raymond ; Watkins, John ; Hsieh, Michael ; Radke, William ; Hejna, Donald ; Tom, Richard ; Kim, Byung
Author_Institution :
Sun Microsyst. Comput. Corp., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes a unique environment for concurrent software and hardware development of a memory controller ASIC containing an embedded graphics pixel processor. The center of this customized environment is a behavioral simulator which is used for both hardware verification and software development. The software and hardware are developed concurrently. The behavioral simulator enforces consistent agreement between software expectation and hardware functionality
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; computer graphic equipment; development systems; digital simulation; memory architecture; programming; programming environments; behavioral simulator; concurrent development; customized environment; embedded graphics pixel processor; hardware development; hardware functionality; hardware verification; integrated environment; memory controller ASIC; pixel processor ASIC; software development; software expectation; Acceleration; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Graphics; Hardware; Memory management; Random access memory; System software; Vector processors; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1993. ICCD '93. Proceedings., 1993 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4230-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1993.393395
