An overview of hardware/software codesign

Author

Purvis, Martin K. ; Franke, David W.

Author_Institution

Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

6

fYear

1992

fDate

10-13 May 1992

Firstpage

2665

Abstract

The problem of allocating system function into hardware and software components is one that critically affects the ultimate cost, performance, functionality, manufacturability, and evolution of the system. The fundamental issues and some proposed approaches to this problem are discussed. It is not only important that the initial partitioning into hardware and software be made properly, but also that the ensuing system development proceed along lines that benefit from an integration of the hardware and software perspectives. The greatest interest in the hardware/software codesign arena has been on efforts to bring hardware and software together at an earlier or more upstream phase of the design process

Keywords

CAD; concurrent engineering; design engineering; engineering computing; design process; hardware/software codesign; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computers; Cost function; Hardware; Microprocessors; Military computing; Software design; Software maintenance; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1992. ISCAS '92. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0593-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1992.230672

Filename

230672