Using a dataflow abstracted virtual prototype for HdS-design

Wolfgang Ecker, Stefan Heinen, Michael Velten

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Abstract

The complexity of Hardware-dependent Software (HdS) continuously grows faster than chip complexity since more and more tasks are moved to software. Clearly, the pressure on the development of new methodologies for early validation of HdS increases as well. Existing methods must be continuously improved and new methods must be developed. This is exemplified with an state-of-the-art Transaction Level (TL) model used for firmware development of a productive wireless communication chip. By discussing the strengths and shortcomings of TL modeling we derive a set of requirements for a future modeling paradigm, which led to the new data flow abstraction approach presented in this paper. Experiments showed that we gain up to 10x performance improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ASP-DAC 2009
Subtitle of host publicationAsia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009
Pages293-300
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
EventAsia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009, ASP-DAC 2009 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: 19 Jan 200922 Jan 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC

Conference

ConferenceAsia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2009, ASP-DAC 2009
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period19/01/0922/01/09

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