Title :
Incremental hardware estimation during hardware/software functional partitioning
Author :
Vahid, Frank ; Gajski, Daniel D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Riverside, CA, USA
Abstract :
To aid in the functional partitioning of a system into interacting hardware and software components, fast yet accurate estimations of hardware size are necessary. We introduce a technique for obtaining such estimates in two orders of magnitude less time than previous approaches without sacrificing substantial accuracy, by incrementally updating a design model for a changed partition rather than re-estimating entirely.<>
Keywords :
circuit CAD; computer aided software engineering; data structures; logic CAD; design model updating; hardware/software functional partitioning; incremental hardware estimation; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer science; Design optimization; Embedded software; Embedded system; Hardware; Iterative algorithms; Logic design; Partitioning algorithms; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on
