A configurable prototyping platform for multi-project system-on-a-chip

This paper presents a configurable CONCORD platform for Multi-Project System-on-a-Chip (MP-SoC) implementation. The multi-projects platform was created for integrating heterogeneous SoC projects into a single chip. The total silicon prototyping cost for these projects can be greatly reduced by sharing the common SoC platform. A configurable SoC prototyping platform CONCORD is created as a verification platform for emulating the hardware of MP-SoC before chip being taped out. The CONCORD system provides higher connection flexibility, modularization, and architecture consistence than conventional FPGA systems. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology, a MP-SoC chip was implemented with eleven SoC projects sharing the common platform. The experimental results show that 91.42 mm² silicon areas reduced by the MP-SoC methodology.