An ISA-retargetable framework for embedded software analysis

Author

Luculli, Gabriele

Author_Institution

Adv. Syst. Technol. Group, STMicroelectronics, Grenoble, France

fYear

2003

fDate

7-10 April 2003

Firstpage

183

Lastpage

190

Abstract

Industry requires new advanced tools and methodologies for the design of complex system-on-chip platforms. In STMicroelectronics we developed an innovative retargetable technology for the analysis and optimization of embedded software. In this paper we provide an overview of our retargetable tool chain which consists of: a specification reader a disassembler a code analyzer and a functional simulator. Their capabilities, specific features and limitations are described in detail.

Keywords

embedded systems; formal specification; instruction sets; program assemblers; software tools; system-on-chip; systems analysis; virtual machines; STMicroelectronics; code analyzer; complex system-on-chip platform design; disassembler; embedded software analysis; embedded software optimization; functional simulator; instruction set architecture retargetable framework; retargetable technology; retargetable tool chain; specification reader; Analytical models; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Design optimization; Embedded software; Formal specifications; Hardware; Microprocessors; Software tools; System-on-a-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 10th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1917-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECBS.2003.1194798

Filename

1194798