Title :
The μPP ASIC: design, methodologies and tools for a pay phone system-on-a-chip based on an ARM core and design reuse
Author :
Riesco, Jacobo ; Díaz, Juan C. ; Plaza, Pierre I.
Author_Institution :
Hardware Technol. Div., Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
This paper describes the μPP (Microcontroller for Pay Phones) ASIC, a system-on-a-chip solution based on the present Spanish pay phone system. The design integrates an ARM embedded microprocessor, several third party blocks and new custom modules developed in house, using ARM´s Advanced Microprocessors Bus Architecture (AMBA). The system has been designed for low power consumption and management. Design reuse, aided by the use of new management tools, and co-design, allowed an important reduction in global design time
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; embedded systems; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; microcontrollers; system buses; telecommunication control; telephone sets; μPP ASIC; ARM AMBA; ARM core; Advanced Microprocessors Bus Architecture; Spanish pay phone system; co-design; design management; design methodology; design reuse; embedded microprocessor; low power design; microcontroller; system-on-a-chip; Application specific integrated circuits; Design methodology; Energy consumption; Energy management; Hardware; Microcontrollers; Microprocessors; Power system reliability; System-on-a-chip; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5443-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1999.777361
