Title :
Comparison of hardware IP components for system-on-chip
Author :
Salminen, Erno ; Kuusilinna, Kimmo ; Hamalainen, Timo D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Digital & Comput. Syst., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
This work presents a brief comparison of both academic and commercial intellectual property (IP) components. The aim is to gain insight to contemporary IP components regarding their application domains and cost in terms of area and energy. It has been estimated that in the future the maximum size of components must be in the range of 50-100 kilogates. According to this study, contemporary IP components mostly conform to this size limit. Selecting the most appropriate IP candidates is crucial for successful SoC design. However, IP comparison and selection is hard since even basic information is often missing.
Keywords :
circuit CAD; industrial property; integrated circuit design; system-on-chip; IP comparison; IP component size limit; IP selection; SoC design; academic IP components; application domains; area cost; commercial IP components; energy cost; hardware IP components; intellectual property components; maximum component size; system-on-chip; Application software; Clocks; Costs; Documentation; Hardware; Intellectual property; Microprocessors; Modems; Random access memory; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
System-on-Chip, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8558-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISSOC.2004.1411149
