A Unified HW/SW Interface Refinement Approach for MPSoC Design

Author

Bouchhima, Aimen ; Kriaa, Lobna ; Youssef, Wassim ; Gerin, Patrice ; Pétrot, Frédéric ; Jerraya, Ahmed A.

Author_Institution

TIMA Lab., Grenoble

fYear

2006

fDate

18-21 June 2006

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

188

Abstract

We introduce the service based component model as a unifying concept to specify and refine the HW/SW interface in MPSoC designs. The model allows encompassing the intricate dependencies between hardware components and low level system software in a structured, component based approach. Based on this model, we propose a method and tools to automate the refinement of abstract HW/SW interfaces using a predefined component library. The main benefit of such refinement methodology is a seamless HW/SW integration allowing efficient customization of the HW/SW interface. The approach was successfully applied to the design of an MPEG-4 video encoder

Keywords

hardware-software codesign; multiprocessing systems; system-on-chip; video coding; HW-SW interface refinement; MPEG-4 video encoder; multiprocessor system-on-chip; predefined component library; Application software; Computer architecture; Formal specifications; Hardware; Laboratories; MPEG 4 Standard; Multiprocessing systems; Software libraries; Software tools; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006 IEEE North-East Workshop on

Conference_Location

Gatineau, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0416-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0417-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEWCAS.2006.250917

Filename

4016948