Title :
Rapid hardware prototyping on RPM-2
Author :
Dubois, Michel ; Jeong, Jaeheon ; Ho Song, Yong ; Moga, Adrian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Hardware emulation using FPGAs is an intermediate approach between software simulation and hardware prototyping. The RPM-2 multiprocessor emulator uses this approach to achieve much greater flexibility and observability at less cost than typical hardware prototypes
Keywords :
digital simulation; field programmable gate arrays; logic CAD; multiprocessing systems; FPGAs; RPM-2 multiprocessor emulator; flexibility; hardware emulation; observability; simulation; Clocks; Delay; Emulation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Network interfaces; Prototypes; Random access memory; Software prototyping; Virtual prototyping;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE