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Virtual Prototyping For Modular And . . . (1997)
| Venue: | DESIGN AUTOMATION FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS |
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@ARTICLE{Valderrama97virtualprototyping,
author = {Carlos A. Valderrama and Adel Changuel and Ahmed A. Jerraya},
title = {Virtual Prototyping For Modular And . . .},
journal = {DESIGN AUTOMATION FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS},
year = {1997},
volume = {2},
pages = {267--282}
}
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Abstract
The goal of this work is to develop a methodology for fast prototyping of highly modular and flexible electronic systems including both, software and hardware. The main contribution of this work is the ability to handle a wide range of architectures. We assume that hardware/software partitioning is already made. This stage of the codesign process starts with a virtual prototype, an heterogeneous architecture composed of a set of distributed modules, represented in VHDL for hardware elements and in C for software elements, communicating through communication modules. This work concentrates on a modelling strategy that allow virtual prototype to be used for both cosynthesis (mapping hardware and software modules onto an architectural platform) and cosimulation (that is the joint simulation of hardware and software components) into an unified environment. The main contribution is the use of a multi-view library concept in order to hide specific hardware/software implementation details and communication schemes. In particular this approach addresses the problemof communication between the hardware and software modules.
Keyphrases
virtual prototyping virtual prototype software module main contribution codesign process heterogeneous architecture communication scheme communication module unified environment architectural platform modelling strategy hardware software partitioning distributed module hardware element software element multi-view library concept problemof communication joint simulation specific hardware software implementation detail flexible electronic system software component fast prototyping wide range
