Title :
A configurable SystemC virtual platform for early software development and its sub-system for hardware verification
Author :
Bu, Yong-Hua ; Tao, Zhen-Zhong ; Lei, Ming-Ju ; Wu, Ching-Tung ; Wu, Chi-Feng
Author_Institution :
Realsil Microelectron. Inc., Suzhou, China
Abstract :
System-on-chips (SoCs) for modern embedded systems are becoming more and more complex, together with the short time to market demand are challenging the current hardware and software development methodology, which has been driving recent ESL methodology development in the industry. In this paper, we introduce a SystemC virtual platform for early software development. A sub-system of the virtual platform is also introduced to accelerate the verification of hardware modules.
Keywords :
embedded systems; high level languages; software engineering; virtual machines; configurable SystemC virtual platform; hardware verification; software development methodology; system-on-chip; Acceleration; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Embedded system; Hardware; Programming; Runtime; Software design; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Design Automation and Test (VLSI-DAT), 2010 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hsin Chu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5269-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5271-2
DOI :
10.1109/VDAT.2010.5496684
