SoC infrastructure IP´s

This paper introduce three infrastructure IP modules in an SoC design. These IP modules are retargetable embedded in-circuit emulation (ICE) module, real-time hardware trace compressor, and on-chip bus platform. The retargetable ICE module is parameterized and can integrate with different microprocessors. The embedded real-time tracer compresses the memory addresses referenced and transfers trace data to external off-chip storage in real-time. The on-chip bus platform can speedup the IP modules integration and reduce the system verification complexity.