Title :
Mixed-level cosimulation for fine gradual refinement of communication in SoC design
Author :
Nicolescu, Gabriela ; Yoo, Sungjoo ; Jerraya, Ahmed A.
Author_Institution :
TIMA Lab., SLS Group, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a method of mixed-level cosimulation that enables gradual refinement of SoC communication from protocol-neutral communication to protocol-fixed communication. For fine granularity in refinement, the method enables the designer to perform channel refinement and module refinement. Thus, the designer can perform more extensive design space exploration in communication refinement. We show the effectiveness of the proposed method in a case study of communication refinement is an IS-95 CDMA cellular phone system design
Keywords :
cellular radio; code division multiple access; communication complexity; embedded systems; hardware description languages; hardware-software codesign; integrated circuit design; telecommunication computing; IS-95 CDMA cellular phone system design; SDL environment; SoC communication; SoC design; abstract channel; channel refinement; extensive design space exploration; fine granularity; gradual refinement; mixed-level cosimulation; module refinement; protocol-fixed communication; protocol-neutral communication; Cellular phones; Communication channels; Design methodology; Energy consumption; Laboratories; Laser sintering; Multiaccess communication; Protocols; Space exploration; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2001. Conference and Exhibition 2001. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0993-2
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2001.915113
