Title :
Generating mixed hardware/software systems from SDL specifications
Author :
Slomka, Frank ; Dörfel, Matthias ; Münzenberger, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Networks & Commun. Syst., Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A new approach for the translation of SDL specifications to a mixed hardware/software system is presented. Based on the computational model of communicating extended finite state machines (EFSM) the control flow is separated from data flow of the SDL process. Hence for the first time it is possible to generate a mixed hardware/software implementation of an SDL process. This technique also reduces the complexity for high-level and register-transfer synthesis tools for the hardware parts of the system. The advantage of this methodology is shown by a design example of a wireless communication chip
Keywords :
computational complexity; finite state machines; formal specification; hardware description languages; hardware-software codesign; SDL specifications; complexity; computational model; control flow; extended finite state machines; hardware parts; mixed hardware/software systems; wireless communication chip; Application software; Automata; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Data flow computing; Hardware; High level synthesis; Software performance; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Hardware/Software Codesign, 2001. CODES 2001. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-364-2
DOI :
10.1109/HSC.2001.924661
