Title :
Procedures for the development of legacy processor systems and a procedure verifying case-study example
Author :
Heath, J. Robert ; Leong, Weng Dean ; Stroud, Charles ; Damarla, T. Raju
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA
Abstract :
This paper first defines legacy processor systems (LPSs) including “form-fit” and “non-form-fit” variations as well as motivations for their development. Two procedures are described for developing “form-fit” LPSs along with one procedure for developing “nonform-fit” LPSs. The paper includes a demonstration of one of the two recommended procedures for developing form-fit LPSs that must meet stringent real-time timing and synthesis requirements. The demonstrated procedure leads to a testable FPGA-based prototype of the form-fit LPS
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; microprocessor chips; real-time systems; timing; form-fit variations; legacy processor systems; non-form-fit variations; real-time timing; recommended procedures; synthesis requirements; testable FPGA-based prototype; Application software; Hardware; Heat engines; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Operating systems; Software maintenance; Software prototyping; Testing; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC/SOC Conference, 1999. Proceedings. Twelfth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5632-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1999.806499
