Kamel: IP-XACT compatible intermediate meta-model for IP generation

Antti Rautakoura; Matti Kayra; Timo D. Hamalainen; Wolfgang Ecker; Esko Pekkarinen; Mikko Teuho

doi:10.1109/DSD51259.2020.00060

Kamel: IP-XACT compatible intermediate meta-model for IP generation

Antti Rautakoura, Matti Kayra, Timo D. Hamalainen, Wolfgang Ecker, Esko Pekkarinen, Mikko Teuho

Computation, Information and Technology

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Abstract

Automatic code generation is used to implement Intellectual Property (IP) blocks for System-on-Chip (SoC), but the challenge is how to describe the IP as a model and what is a feasible meta-model. IEEE 1685 IP-XACT standard and many domain-specific meta-models are not compatible and tool flows are too specific for general use. We present Kamel that is a new intermediate IP meta-model. It is used to generate behavioral code to complete IP-XACT structural models. The key idea is light modeling overhead while automating the majority of the RTL IP development tasks. Kamel uses Model Driven Architecture (MDA) to integrate IP-XACT and Kamel modeling together. Python Mako template-based code generation framework is used to generated different views from the models. The compatibility with IP-XACT is demonstrated with the Kactus2 tool. Our case study is modeling and code generation for Kvazaar HEVC video intra encoder IP block on FPGA. The results confirm that the Kamel and introduced tool flow can provide 5x-10x productivity gain when measured on time spent on model entry and Lines of Code used for model entry.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020
Editors	Andrej Trost, Andrej Zemva, Amund Skavhaug
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	325-331
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728195353
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DSD51259.2020.00060
State	Published - Aug 2020
Event	23rd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020 - Kranj, Slovenia Duration: 26 Aug 2020 → 28 Aug 2020

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Name	Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020

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Conference	23rd Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020
Country/Territory	Slovenia
City	Kranj
Period	26/08/20 → 28/08/20

Keywords

Code generation
Design methodology
IP design
IP-XACT
Model-Driven Architecture
Model-Driven Development
RTL design

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Rautakoura, A., Kayra, M., Hamalainen, T. D., Ecker, W., Pekkarinen, E., & Teuho, M. (2020). Kamel: IP-XACT compatible intermediate meta-model for IP generation. In A. Trost, A. Zemva, & A. Skavhaug (Eds.), Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020 (pp. 325-331). Article 9217651 (Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/DSD51259.2020.00060

Rautakoura, Antti ; Kayra, Matti ; Hamalainen, Timo D. et al. / Kamel : IP-XACT compatible intermediate meta-model for IP generation. Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020. editor / Andrej Trost ; Andrej Zemva ; Amund Skavhaug. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 325-331 (Proceedings - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2020).

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