Title :
An efficient bus architecture for system-on-chip design
Author_Institution :
Palmchip Cor., Loveland, CO, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the issues confronted when integrating system-on-chip (SOC) designs and offers solution through a detailed description of the CoreFrameTM system-on-chip bus architecture that has dramatically reduced system design and verification effort while enhancing the reusability and customizability of system-on-chip product developments. The CoreFrame on-chip bus architecture is defined along with examples to illustrate how a design friendly bus standard will effect the mix and match of reusable cores without sacrificing performance
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; integrated circuit design; shared memory systems; system buses; CoreFrame; PalmBus protocol; customizability; design friendly bus standard; efficient bus architecture; intellectual property; interface controller; mix and match; on-chip bus architecture; reusability; reusable cores; shared-memory architecture; system-on-chip design; system-on-chip product development; Acceleration; Connectors; Costs; Packaging; Product development; Routing; Signal synthesis; Silicon; System-on-a-chip; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5443-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1999.777358