Integrating communication cost estimation in embedded systems design: a PCI case study

Author

Rastogi, Anupam ; Balakrishnan, M. ; Kumar, Anshul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

28

Abstract

Communication cost estimation tools are required for exploration of interface choices during design space exploration for automated synthesis of systems. Theoretical models for delays and performance for a communication medium may not suffice when designing practical systems, as the actual performance of the medium depends on the setting that it is used in. In this paper, we present an approach where we build system-specific models, taking the PCI bus as the communication medium. Models are built for two systems, one for the SW-SW case, and the other for the SW-HW case

Keywords

embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; system buses; PCI case study; SW-HW case; SW-SW case; automated synthesis; communication cost estimation; design space exploration; embedded systems design; system-specific models; Analytical models; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Costs; Delay estimation; Design engineering; Embedded system; Space exploration; Space technology; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, 2001. Fourteenth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

ISSN

1063-9667

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0831-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVD.2001.902635

Filename

902635