Title :
Trade-off evaluation in embedded system design via co-simulation
Author :
Passerone, Claudio ; Lavagno, Luciano ; Sansoè, Claudio ; Chiodo, Massimiliano ; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Albert
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
Current design methodologies for embedded systems often force the designer to evaluate early in the design process architectural choices that will heavily impact the cost and performance of the final product. Examples of these choices are hardware/software partitioning, choice of the micro-controller, and choice of a run-time scheduling method. This paper describes how to help the designer in this task, by providing a flexible co-simulation environment in which these alternatives can be interactively evaluated
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; microcontrollers; real-time systems; cosimulation; cost; design methodologies; design process architectural choices; embedded system design; flexible cosimulation environment; hardware/software partitioning; microcontroller; performance; run-time scheduling method; Analytical models; Computer architecture; Costs; Design methodology; Embedded system; Hardware; Mathematical analysis; Process design; Processor scheduling; Runtime;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC '97 Asia and South Pacific
Conference_Location :
Chiba
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3662-3
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.1997.600159
