A framework for hardware/software codesign

Author

Kumar, Sanjaya ; Aylor, James H. ; Johnson, Barry W. ; Wulf, Wm A.

Author_Institution

Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

Volume

26

Issue

12

fYear

1993

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

45

Abstract

It is argued that a hardware/software codesign methodology should support the following capabilities: integration of the hardware and software design processes; exploration of hardware/software tradeoffs and evaluation of hardware/software alternatives; and model continuity. A codesign methodology that supports many of these capabilities is outlined. The methodology is iterative in nature and serves to guide codesign exploration with the uninterpreted/interpreted modeling approach. It integrates performance (uninterpreted) models and functional (interpreted) models in a common simulation environment.<>

Keywords

discrete event simulation; logic design; software engineering; virtual machines; codesign exploration; codesign methodology; common simulation environment; hardware design; hardware/software codesign; hardware/software tradeoffs; model continuity; software design; Costs; Embedded system; Hardware; Performance loss; Power system reliability; Process design; Processor scheduling; Programming; Software design; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.247650

Filename

247650