Title :
Interface synthesis for IP based design
Author :
Park, Bong-II ; Park, In-Cheol ; Kyung, Chong-Min
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
In system-on-a-chip design, interfacing of Intellectual Property (IP) blocks is one of the most important issues. Since most IPs are provided by different vendors, they have different interface schemes and different operating frequencies. In this paper, we propose a new interface synthesis method that enables one not only to handle the interface between IPs with different operating frequencies but also to minimize the hardware resource required for the interface. We have demonstrated the proposed algorithm by applying it to a real design example, MP3 decoder, and verified the IIS-to-PCI protocol converter on a real hardware system
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; finite state machines; industrial property; integrated circuit design; protocols; IIS-to-PCI protocol converter; IP based design; MP3 decoder; hardware resource; intellectual property blocks; interface schemes; interface synthesis method; system-on-a-chip design; Algorithm design and analysis; Clocks; Decoding; Design methodology; Digital audio players; Frequency synthesizers; Hardware; Protocols; System-on-a-chip; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
ASICs, 2000. AP-ASIC 2000. Proceedings of the Second IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cheju
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6470-8
DOI :
10.1109/APASIC.2000.896950
