Correct and energy-efficient design of SoCs: The H.264 encoder case study

Author

Abdallah, Adolf ; Gamatié, Abdoulaye ; Dekeyse, Jean-Luc

Author_Institution

LIFL, USTL, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

fYear

2010

fDate

29-30 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

120

Abstract

This paper presents the design and analysis of a multimedia system-on-chip consisting of the H.264 encoder implemented on a multiprocessor architecture. A model-driven approach is adopted by using the standard MARTE profile of UML. An abstract clock analysis is applied to deal with the correctness of the system temporal properties and to find the most suitable execution platform configurations regarding the energy consumption. We claim that our approach allows for an early design space exploration, which is crucial when implementing modern complex systems.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; integrated circuit design; multiprocessing systems; system-on-chip; video coding; H.264 encoder; SoC; UML; abstract clock analysis; design space exploration; energy consumption; energy-efficient design; model-driven approach; multimedia system-on-chip analysis; multiprocessor architecture; standard MARTE profile; system temporal property; Clocks; Computer architecture; Processor scheduling; Synchronization; System-on-a-chip; Transforms; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System on Chip (SoC), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tampere

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8279-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSOC.2010.5625558

Filename

5625558