DocumentCode
1993734
Title
Quantitative design of a scalable microsystem using ALMA: the example of the dictionary machine
Author
Brunel, J.Y. ; Aug, I. ; Hervieu, M. ; Bourquin, P. ; Renaud, P.
Author_Institution
Les Lab. d´´Electron. Philips, France
fYear
1994
fDate
21-23 Jun 1994
Firstpage
162
Lastpage
165
Abstract
A quantitative method for designing application specific integrated (sub)systems is presented. The method uses a general-purpose silicon assembler-ALMA (Approche d´un Langage de Micro-Architecture). We illustrate this approach by the example of a dictionary machine that consists of n processing elements working in parallel. An analysis of the effect of several generic parameters on the performance and the size of the silicon parts exemplifies the quantitative approach to cost/performance tradeoffs that is offered by ALMA
Keywords
Clocks; Costs; Delay; Dictionaries; Gold; Lead; Performance analysis; Prototypes; Silicon; Structural engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Rapid System Prototyping, 1994. Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype. Proceedings., Fifth International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Grenoble
Print_ISBN
0-8186-5885-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWRSP.1994.315897
Filename
315897
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