Constructing Hardware-Software Systems from a Single Description (1996)
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@MISC{Page96constructinghardware-software,
author = {Ian Page},
title = {Constructing Hardware-Software Systems from a Single Description},
year = {1996}
}
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Abstract
The study of computing is split at an early stage between the separate branches that deal with hardware and software; there is also a corresponding split in later professional specialisation. This paper explores the essential unity of the two branches and attempts to point to a common framework within which hardware-software codesigns can be expressed as a single executable specification, reasoned about, and transformed into implementations. We also describe a hardware/software co-design environment which has been built, and we show how designs can be realised within this environment. A rapid development cycle is achieved by using FPGAs to host the hardware components of the system. The architecture of a hardware platform for supporting experimental hardware/software co-designs is presented. A particular example of a real-time video processing application built using this design environment is also described. 1 Introduction. Our approach to unifying the traditionally separate discipli...
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hardware-software system single description hardware-software codesigns common framework single executable specification experimental hardware software co-designs hardware component hardware platform hardware software co-design environment design environment early stage essential unity real-time video processing application separate discipli separate branch rapid development cycle corresponding split particular example later professional specialisation
