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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1994.315897
