Title :
VCore-based design methodology [SoC design]
Author :
Muraoka, Michiaki ; Hamada, Hideyuki ; Nishi, Hiroaki ; Tada, Toshihiko ; Onishi, Yoichi ; Hosokawa, Toshinori ; Yoshida, Kenji
Abstract :
The VCore (virtual core) based design methodology, which has been developed at the VCDS (virtual core based design system) project, is a SoC design methodology using VCores. A VCore is a reusable, high level abstracted design component. We have developed the VCore based design methodology and the VCDS tool prototype. We used the developed tool and did a trial SoC design. The design result showed that SoC design productivity improved using the proposed methodology.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; hardware-software codesign; industrial property; integrated circuit design; logic design; logic simulation; system-on-chip; HW/SW co-simulation; IP; SoC design; VCDS tool; functional VCores; hardware VCores; high level abstracted design component; intellectual property; reusable design component; software VCores; virtual core based design system; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Hardware; Productivity; Prototypes; Software architecture; Software design; Software performance; Software reusability; System-level design;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC 2003. Asia and South Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7659-5
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.2003.1195056
