A method for HW functional verification through HW/SW co-simulation in complex systems: H.264/AVC decoder as case study

Author

Deprá, Dieison Antonello ; Zatt, Bruno ; Bampi, Sergio

Author_Institution

Inf. Inst. - PGMICRO - PPGC, Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rio Grande

fYear

2009

fDate

2-5 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This work presents a new method for hardware functional verification through parallel co-simulation within complex systems using PLI as a mechanism of interface between hardware (HW) and software (SW). This method consists in the HW/SW parallel simulation using a transparent communication between these modules provided by a handshake mechanism that ensure the synchronism between the parts. The discussion about challenges, viability and validity of the presented proposal is based on the results of the case study carried through the application of this method to an H.264/AVC decoder.

Keywords

synchronisation; video codecs; video coding; H.264-AVC decoder; HW functional verification method; hardware and software interface; parallel cosimulation; synchronism; Automatic voltage control; Costs; Decoding; Error correction; Hardware design languages; Informatics; Phase estimation; Proposals; Testing; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Test Workshop, 2009. LATW '09. 10th Latin American

Conference_Location

Buzios, Rio de Janeiro

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4207-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4206-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LATW.2009.4813807

Filename

4813807