DocumentCode
397254
Title
Improving embedded system design by means of HW-SW compilation on reconfigurable coprocessors
Author
Moya, Jose M. ; Rincón, Fernando ; Moya, Francisco ; López, Juan Carlos
Author_Institution
Dept. Electron. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Madrid, Spain
fYear
2002
fDate
2-4 Oct. 2002
Firstpage
255
Lastpage
260
Abstract
This article describes a new approach to HW-SW codesign for complex embedded systems, using high-level programming languages. Unlike in previous approaches, the designer does not need to acquire new skills, because most of the design process is automated. The hardware extensions are implemented as simple coprocessors consisting of a reconfigurable datapath and a control memory. Our approach is demonstrated with a simple image processing application, obtaining a 100% performance improvement.
Keywords
coprocessors; hardware-software codesign; program compilers; reconfigurable architectures; HW-SW codesign; embedded systems; embedded systems design; reconfigurable coprocessors; reconfigurable datapath; Computer languages; Computer science; Coprocessors; Costs; Embedded software; Embedded system; Hardware; Microprocessors; Process design; Programming;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Synthesis, 2002. 15th International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Kyoto, Japan
Print_ISBN
1-58113-576-9
Type
conf
Filename
1227187
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