Title :
A design exploration environment
Author :
Wilberg, J. ; Kuth, A. ; Vierhaus, H.T. ; Camposano, R. ; Rosenstiel, W.
Author_Institution :
GMD-SET, Saint Augustin, Germany
Abstract :
The paper describes the design exploration environment of the CASTLE system. The environment allows the exploration of hardware and software for complex processor designs. The exploration is subdivided into the measurement phase and the analysis phase. The measurement phase uses a retargetable compiler to determine the performance for a large number of different processors and different programs. These fine-grained data form the input of the analysis phase. It transforms the data into abstract representations that are visualized for the designer. The results are integrated into an HTML-based framework
Keywords :
VLSI; hardware description languages; hypermedia; integrated circuit design; CASTLE system; HTML-based framework; abstract representations; analysis phase; complex processor designs; design exploration environment; fine-grained data; measurement phase; retargetable compiler; Data mining; Environmental management; File systems; Frequency; Information analysis; Information filters; Processor scheduling; Program processors; Rendering (computer graphics); Space exploration;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI, 1996. Proceedings., Sixth Great Lakes Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7502-0
DOI :
10.1109/GLSV.1996.497597
