Title :
RTL/ISS co-modeling methodology for embedded processor using SystemC
Author :
Yuyama, Yoichi ; Aramoto, Masao ; Kobayashi, Kazutoshi ; Onodera, Hidetoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. & Comput. Eng., Kyoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We propose ISS/RTL co-modeling methodology by describing both in common source file using SystemC. Our method enables rapid and easy generation/verification of RTL/ISS of customizable processor. We apply this method to processor "MiU-Processor". As a result coded-sharing ratio is 67%. For adding new instruction, we add only 12 lines to RTL/ISS shared apart. Our ISS generation method is very effective for multi customizable SoC.
Keywords :
circuit CAD; embedded systems; microprocessor chips; system-on-chip; ISS generation method; MiU-Processor; RTL/ISS co-modeling technology; SoC; SystemC; coded-sharing ratio; common source file; embedded processor; instruction set simulator; multicustomizable processor; Application specific processors; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Embedded system; Hardware design languages; Informatics; Logic; Moore´s Law; System-level design; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8251-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329523