MRPSIM: A TLM based simulation tool for MPSOCS targeting dynamically reconfigurable processors

Author

Han, Wei ; Yi, Ying ; Muir, Mark ; Nousias, Ioannis ; Arslan, Tughrul ; Edorgan, Ahmet T.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

fYear

2008

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

As multiprocessor system-on-chip (MPSoC) approaches become popular in embedded system designs, simulation tools for modelling these systems are highly in demand for evaluating the performance and cost at both hardware design stage and software development phase. This paper presents a fast, flexible, and cycle-accurate simulation tool for MPSoCs targeting emerging dynamically reconfigurable processors. Based on a complex embedded application - WiMAX, a range of test benches have been implemented on the proposed simulation tool for evaluating the impact on simulation speed of a variety of architectural parameters and task mapping strategies. Experimental results demonstrate that up to 60K cycles per second can be achieved.

Keywords

WiMax; integrated circuit design; system-on-chip; WiMAX; embedded system designs; multiprocessor system-on-chip; reconfigurable processors; software development phase; Application software; Buildings; Computer architecture; Embedded system; Hardware; Multiprocessing systems; Programming; Testing; Timing; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SOC Conference, 2008 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2596-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2597-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOCC.2008.4641476

Filename

4641476