GRAAL - a development framework for embedded graphics accelerators

Author

Crisu, D. ; Cotofana, S.D. ; Vassiliadis, S. ; Liuha, P.

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Lab., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

16-20 Feb. 2004

Firstpage

1366

Abstract

This paper presents a versatile hardware/software co-simulation and co-design environment for embedded 3D graphics accelerators. The graphics accelerator design exploration framework (GRAAL) is an open system which offers a coherent development methodology based on an extensive library of systemC RTL models of graphics pipeline components. GRAAL incorporates tools to assist in the visual debugging of the graphics algorithms implemented in hardware, and to estimate the performance in terms of throughput, power consumption, and area.

Keywords

data visualisation; digital simulation; embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; open systems; system-on-chip; SoC; data visualization; embedded 3D graphics accelerators; graphics algorithms; graphics pipeline components; hardware/software codesign; hardware/software cosimulation; performance estimation; power consumption; system-on-chip; visual debugging; Acceleration; Debugging; Embedded software; Graphics; Hardware; Open systems; Pipelines; Power system modeling; Software libraries; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2004. Proceedings

ISSN

1530-1591

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2085-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DATE.2004.1269091

Filename

1269091