Title :
A scalable hardware library for the rapid prototyping of SDL specifications
Author :
Dörfel, Matthias ; Slomka, Frnak ; Hofmann, Richard
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Archit. & Performance Evaluation, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A known problem in the area of hardware/software codesign is the selection of the proper interface between the different parts of the design. This paper presents a technique which eases the selection by combining different synthesis techniques together with rapid prototyping. The application field of the technique is the design of communication systems where C and VHDL are generated from a specification given in SDL. For the VHDL area, high-level synthesis is used to synthesize a behavioural description
Keywords :
C language; hardware description languages; hardware-software codesign; software prototyping; specification languages; C language; SDL specifications; VHDL; behavioural description; communication systems; hardware software codesign; high-level synthesis; rapid prototyping; scalable hardware library; synthesis techniques; Application software; Computer architecture; Diversity reception; Hardware; Protocols; Prototypes; Signal processing; Software libraries; Software performance; Software prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1999. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Clearwater, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0246-6
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1999.779041
