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SPECC: Specification Language and Methodology

Author : Daniel D. Gajski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461545153
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Book Synopsis SPECC: Specification Language and Methodology by : Daniel D. Gajski

Download or read book SPECC: Specification Language and Methodology written by Daniel D. Gajski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the near future, the recent predictions and roadmaps of silicon semiconductor technology all agree that the number of transistors on a chip will keep growing exponentially according to Moore's Law, pushing technology towards the system-on-a-chip (SOC) era. However, we are increasingly experiencing a productivity gap where the chip complexity that can be handled by current design teams falls short of the possibilities offered by technological advances. Together with growing time-to-market pressures, this drives the need for innovative measures to increase design productivity by orders of magnitude. It is commonly agreed that the solutions for achieving such a leap in design productivity lie in a shift of the focus of the design process to higher levels of abstraction on the one hand and in the massive reuse of predesigned, complex system components (intellectual property, IP) on the other hand. In order to be successful, both concepts eventually require the adoption of new languages and methodologies for system design, backed-up by the availability of a corresponding set of system-level design automation tools. This book presents the SpecC system-level design language (SLDL) and the corresponding SpecC design methodology. The SpecC language is intended for specification and design of SOCs or embedded systems including software and hardware, whether using fixed platforms, integrating systems from different IPs, or synthesizing the system blocks from programming or hardware description languages. SpecC Specification Language and Methodology describes the SpecC methodology that leads designers from an executable specification to an RTL implementation through a well-defined sequence of steps. Each model is described and guidelines are given for generating these models from executable specifications. Finally, the SpecC methodology is demonstrated on an industrial-size example. The design community is now entering the system level of abstraction era and SpecC is the enabling element to achieve a paradigm shift in design culture needed for system/product design and manufacturing. SpecC Specification Language and Methodology will be of interest to researchers, designers, and managers dealing with system-level design, design flows and methodologies as well as students learning system specification, modeling and design.

SPECC: Specification Language and Methodology

Author : Daniel D. Gajski
Publisher : Boom Koninklijke Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9780792378228
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (782 download)

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Book Synopsis SPECC: Specification Language and Methodology by : Daniel D. Gajski

Download or read book SPECC: Specification Language and Methodology written by Daniel D. Gajski and published by Boom Koninklijke Uitgevers. This book was released on 2000-03-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each model is described and guidelines are given for generating these models from executable specifications. Finally, the Spec C methodology is demonstrated on an industrial-size example. The design community is now entering the system level of abstraction era and Spec C is the enabling element to achieve a paradigm shift in design culture needed for system/product design and manufacturing.".

UML Modeling Languages and Applications

Author : Nuno Jardim Nunes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540250816
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis UML Modeling Languages and Applications by : Nuno Jardim Nunes

Download or read book UML Modeling Languages and Applications written by Nuno Jardim Nunes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-03-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint postproceedings of the satellite activities held at the 7th International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language, UML 2004, in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2004 complementing the main conference track. The book presents reports on the 10 workshops held at UML and covers a broad range of topics around systems modelling; these reports are compiled by the respective workshop organizers. Furthermore 12 revised reviewed papers from the industry track are included as well as 11 short papers corresponding to selected poster/demo presentations and a summary on the UML tools exhibition.

Design of Hardware/Software Embedded Systems

Author : Eugenio Villar Bonet
Publisher : Ed. Universidad de Cantabria
ISBN 13 : 9788481022841
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (228 download)

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Book Synopsis Design of Hardware/Software Embedded Systems by : Eugenio Villar Bonet

Download or read book Design of Hardware/Software Embedded Systems written by Eugenio Villar Bonet and published by Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro presenta los desafíos planteados por las nuevas y sumamente poderosas tecnologías de integración de sistemas electrónicos, que están en la base de los cambios sociales hacia lo que llaman la Sociedad de la Información; en la que los dispositivos electrónicos se harán una parte incorporada de la vida diaria, encajados en casi cada producto. Es necesario un conocimiento cuidadoso de los desafíos para aprovechar la amplia gama de ocasiones ofrecidas por tales capacidades de integración y las correspondientes posibilidades de diseño de sistemas electrónicos.

Verification Techniques for System-Level Design

Author : Masahiro Fujita
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 0080553133
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis Verification Techniques for System-Level Design by : Masahiro Fujita

Download or read book Verification Techniques for System-Level Design written by Masahiro Fujita and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will explain how to verify SoC (Systems on Chip) logic designs using "formal and "semiformal verification techniques. The critical issue to be addressed is whether the functionality of the design is the one that the designers intended. Simulation has been used for checking the correctness of SoC designs (as in "functional verification), but many subtle design errors cannot be caught by simulation. Recently, formal verification, giving mathematical proof of the correctness of designs, has been gaining popularity.For higher design productivity, it is essential to debug designs as early as possible, which this book facilitates. This book covers all aspects of high-level formal and semiformal verification techniques for system level designs.• First book that covers all aspects of formal and semiformal, high-level (higher than RTL) design verification targeting SoC designs.• Formal verification of high-level designs (RTL or higher).• Verification techniques are discussed with associated system-level design methodology.

System Design

Author : Andreas Gerstlauer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461514819
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Book Synopsis System Design by : Andreas Gerstlauer

Download or read book System Design written by Andreas Gerstlauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC presents the system design flow following a simple example through the whole process in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step fashion. Each step is described in detail in pictorial form and with code examples in SpecC. For each picture slide a detailed explanation is provided of the concepts presented. This format is suited for tutorials, seminars, self-study, as a guided reference carried by examples, or as teaching material for courses on system design. Features: Comprehensive introduction to and description of the SpecC language and design methodology; IP-centric language and methodology with focus on design reuse; Complete framework for system-level design from specification to implementation for SOCs and other embedded HW/SW systems. System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC will benefit designers and design managers of complex SOCs, or embedded systems in general, by allowing them to develop new methodologies from these results, in order to increase design productivity by orders of magnitude. Designers at RTL, logical or physical levels, who are interested in moving up to the system level, will find a comprehensive overview within. The design models in the book define IP models and functions for IP exchange between IP providers and their users. A well-defined methodology like the one presented in this book will help product planning divisions to quickly develop new products or to derive completely new business models, like e-design or product-on-demand. Finally, researchers and students in the area of system design will find an example of a formal, well-structured design flow in this book.

A Platform-Centric Approach to System-on-Chip (SOC) Design

Author : Vijay Madisetti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387238964
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis A Platform-Centric Approach to System-on-Chip (SOC) Design by : Vijay Madisetti

Download or read book A Platform-Centric Approach to System-on-Chip (SOC) Design written by Vijay Madisetti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing system complexity has created a pressing need for better design tools and associated methodologies and languages for meeting the stringent time to market and cost constraints. Platform-centric and platfo- based system-on-chip (SoC) design methodologies, based on reuse of software and hardware functionality, has also gained increasing exposure and usage within the Electronic System-Level (ESL) design communities. The book proposes a new methodology for realizing platform-centric design of complex systems, and presents a detailed plan for its implementation. The proposed plan allows component vendors, system integrators and product developers to collaborate effectively and efficiently to create complex products within budget and schedule constraints. This book focuses more on the use of platforms in the design of products, and not on the design of platforms themselves. Platform-centric design is not for everyone, as some may feel that it does not allow them to differentiate their offering from competitors to a significant degree. However, its proponents may claim that the time-- market and cost advantages of platform-centric design more than compensate for any drawbacks.

UML for SOC Design

Author : Grant Martin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387257454
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book UML for SOC Design written by Grant Martin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tutorial approach to using the UML modeling language in system-on-chip design Based on the DAC 2004 tutorial, applicable for students and professionals Contributions by top-level international researchers The best work at the first UML for SoC workshop Unique combination of both UML capabilities and SoC design issues Condenses research and development ideas that are only found in multiple conference proceedings and many other books into one place Will be the seminal reference work for this area for years to come

Electronic Design Automation for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing

Author : Luciano Lavagno
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482254638
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Book Synopsis Electronic Design Automation for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing by : Luciano Lavagno

Download or read book Electronic Design Automation for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing written by Luciano Lavagno and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of two volumes in the Electronic Design Automation for Integrated Circuits Handbook, Second Edition, Electronic Design Automation for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing thoroughly examines system-level design, microarchitectural design, logic verification, and testing. Chapters contributed by leading experts authoritatively discuss processor modeling and design tools, using performance metrics to select microprocessor cores for integrated circuit (IC) designs, design and verification languages, digital simulation, hardware acceleration and emulation, and much more. New to This Edition: Major updates appearing in the initial phases of the design flow, where the level of abstraction keeps rising to support more functionality with lower non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs Significant revisions reflected in the final phases of the design flow, where the complexity due to smaller and smaller geometries is compounded by the slow progress of shorter wavelength lithography New coverage of cutting-edge applications and approaches realized in the decade since publication of the previous edition—these are illustrated by new chapters on high-level synthesis, system-on-chip (SoC) block-based design, and back-annotating system-level models Offering improved depth and modernity, Electronic Design Automation for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing provides a valuable, state-of-the-art reference for electronic design automation (EDA) students, researchers, and professionals.

Architecture and Design of Distributed Embedded Systems

Author : Bernd Kleinjohann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0387354093
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Book Synopsis Architecture and Design of Distributed Embedded Systems by : Bernd Kleinjohann

Download or read book Architecture and Design of Distributed Embedded Systems written by Bernd Kleinjohann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the decreasing production costs of IT systems, applications that had to be realised as expensive PCBs formerly, can now be realised as a system-on-chip. Furthermore, low cost broadband communication media for wide area communication as well as for the realisation of local distributed systems are available. Typically the market requires IT systems that realise a set of specific features for the end user in a given environment, so called embedded systems. Some examples for such embedded systems are control systems in cars, airplanes, houses or plants, information and communication devices like digital TV, mobile phones or autonomous systems like service- or edutainment robots. For the design of embedded systems the designer has to tackle three major aspects: The application itself including the man-machine interface, The (target) architecture of the system including all functional and non-functional constraints and, the design methodology including modelling, specification, synthesis, test and validation. The last two points are a major focus of this book. This book documents the high quality approaches and results that were presented at the International Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES 2000), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and organised by IFIP working groups WG10.3, WG10.4 and WG10.5. The workshop took place on October 18-19, 2000, in Schloß Eringerfeld near Paderborn, Germany. Architecture and Design of Distributed Embedded Systems is organised similar to the workshop. Chapters 1 and 4 (Methodology I and II) deal with different modelling and specification paradigms and the corresponding design methodologies. Generic system architectures for different classes of embedded systems are presented in Chapter 2. In Chapter 3 several design environments for the support of specific design methodologies are presented. Problems concerning test and validation are discussed in Chapter 5. The last two chapters include distribution and communication aspects (Chapter 6) and synthesis techniques for embedded systems (Chapter 7). This book is essential reading for computer science researchers and application developers.

Embedded System Design

Author : Daniel D. Gajski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441905049
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Embedded System Design by : Daniel D. Gajski

Download or read book Embedded System Design written by Daniel D. Gajski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embedded System Design: Modeling, Synthesis and Verification introduces a model-based approach to system level design. It presents modeling techniques for both computation and communication at different levels of abstraction, such as specification, transaction level and cycle-accurate level. It discusses synthesis methods for system level architectures, embedded software and hardware components. Using these methods, designers can develop applications with high level models, which are automatically translatable to low level implementations. This book, furthermore, describes simulation-based and formal verification methods that are essential for achieving design confidence. The book concludes with an overview of existing tools along with a design case study outlining the practice of embedded system design. Specifically, this book addresses the following topics in detail: . System modeling at different abstraction levels . Model-based system design . Hardware/Software codesign . Software and Hardware component synthesis . System verification This book is for groups within the embedded system community: students in courses on embedded systems, embedded application developers, system designers and managers, CAD tool developers, design automation, and system engineering.

System on Chip Design Languages

Author : Anne Mignotte
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475766742
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Book Synopsis System on Chip Design Languages by : Anne Mignotte

Download or read book System on Chip Design Languages written by Anne Mignotte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the third in a series of books collecting the best papers from the three main regional conferences on electronic system design languages, HDLCon in the United States, APCHDL in Asia-Pacific and FDL in Europe. Being APCHDL bi-annual, this book presents a selection of papers from HDLCon'Ol and FDL'OI. HDLCon is the premier HDL event in the United States. It originated in 1999 from the merging of the International Verilog Conference and the Spring VHDL User's Forum. The scope of the conference expanded from specialized languages such as VHDL and Verilog to general purpose languages such as C++ and Java. In 2001 it was held in February in Santa Clara, CA. Presentations from design engineers are technical in nature, reflecting real life experiences in using HDLs. EDA vendors presentations show what is available - and what is planned-for design tools that utilize HDLs, such as simulation and synthesis tools. The Forum on Design Languages (FDL) is the European forum to exchange experiences and learn of new trends, in the application of languages and the associated design methods and tools, to design complex electronic systems. FDL'OI was held in Lyon, France, around seven interrelated workshops, Hardware Description Languages, Analog and Mixed signal Specification, C/C++ HW/SW Specification and Design, Design Environments & Languages, Real-Time specification for embedded Systems, Architecture Modeling and Reuse and System Specification & Design Languages.

ESL Design and Verification

Author : Grant Martin
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080488838
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book ESL Design and Verification written by Grant Martin and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit the authors' companion site! http://www.electronicsystemlevel.com/ - Includes interactive forum with the authors!Electronic System Level (ESL) design has mainstreamed – it is now an established approach at most of the world's leading system-on-chip (SoC) design companies and is being used increasingly in system design. From its genesis as an algorithm modeling methodology with 'no links to implementation', ESL is evolving into a set of complementary methodologies that enable embedded system design, verification and debug through to the hardware and software implementation of custom SoC, system-on-FPGA, system-on-board, and entire multi-board systems. This book arises from experience the authors have gained from years of work as industry practitioners in the Electronic System Level design area; they have seen "SLD" or "ESL" go through many stages and false starts, and have observed that the shift in design methodologies to ESL is finally occurring. This is partly because of ESL technologies themselves are stabilizing on a useful set of languages being standardized (SystemC is the most notable), and use models are being identified that are beginning to get real adoption. ESL DESIGN & VERIFICATION offers a true prescriptive guide to ESL that reviews its past and outlines the best practices of today.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: WHAT IS ESL? CHAPTER 2: TAXONOMY AND DEFINITIONS FOR THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LEVEL CHAPTER 3: EVOLUTION OF ESL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 4: WHAT ARE THE ENABLERS OF ESL? CHAPTER 5: ESL FLOW CHAPTER 6: SPECIFICATIONS AND MODELING CHAPTER 7: PRE-PARTITIONING ANALYSIS CHAPTER 8: PARTITIONING CHAPTER 9: POST-PARTITIONING ANALYSIS AND DEBUG CHAPTER 10: POST-PARTITIONING VERIFICATION CHAPTER 11: HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER 12: SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER 13: USE OF ESL FOR IMPLEMENTATION VERIFICATION CHAPTER 14: RESEARCH, EMERGING AND FUTURE PROSPECTS APPENDIX: LIST OF ACRONYMS* Provides broad, comprehensive coverage not available in any other such book * Massive global appeal with an internationally recognised author team * Crammed full of state of the art content from notable industry experts

Low Power Hardware Synthesis from Concurrent Action-Oriented Specifications

Author : Gaurav Singh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441964819
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Low Power Hardware Synthesis from Concurrent Action-Oriented Specifications by : Gaurav Singh

Download or read book Low Power Hardware Synthesis from Concurrent Action-Oriented Specifications written by Gaurav Singh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human lives are getting increasingly entangled with technology, especially comp- ing and electronics. At each step we take, especially in a developing world, we are dependent on various gadgets such as cell phones, handheld PDAs, netbooks, me- cal prosthetic devices, and medical measurement devices (e.g., blood pressure m- itors, glucometers). Two important design constraints for such consumer electronics are their form factor and battery life. This translates to the requirements of reduction in the die area and reduced power consumption for the semiconductor chips that go inside these gadgets. Performance is also important, as increasingly sophisticated applications run on these devices, and many of them require fast response time. The form factor of such electronics goods depends not only on the overall area of the chips inside them but also on the packaging, which depends on thermal ch- acteristics. Thermal characteristics in turn depend on peak power signature of the chips. As a result, while the overall energy usage reduction increases battery life, peak power reduction in?uences the form factor. One more important aspect of these electronic equipments is that every 6 months or so, a newer feature needs to be added to keep ahead of the market competition, and hence new designs have to be completed with these new features, better form factor, battery life, and performance every few months. This extreme pressure on the time to market is another force that drives the innovations in design automation of semiconductor chips.

The Industrial Information Technology Handbook

Author : Richard Zurawski
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351836641
Total Pages : 2656 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Industrial Information Technology Handbook written by Richard Zurawski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 2656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Industrial Information Technology Handbook focuses on existing and emerging industrial applications of IT, and on evolving trends that are driven by the needs of companies and by industry-led consortia and organizations. Emphasizing fast growing areas that have major impacts on industrial automation and enterprise integration, the Handbook covers topics such as industrial communication technology, sensors, and embedded systems. The book is organized into two parts. Part 1 presents material covering new and quickly evolving aspects of IT. Part 2 introduces cutting-edge areas of industrial IT. The Handbook presents material in the form of tutorials, surveys, and technology overviews, combining fundamentals and advanced issues, with articles grouped into sections for a cohesive and comprehensive presentation. The text contains 112 contributed reports by industry experts from government, companies at the forefront of development, and some of the most renowned academic and research institutions worldwide. Several of the reports on recent developments, actual deployments, and trends cover subject matter presented to the public for the first time.

EDA for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing

Author : Louis Scheffer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420007947
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book EDA for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing written by Louis Scheffer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a comprehensive overview of the design automation algorithms, tools, and methodologies used to design integrated circuits, the Electronic Design Automation for Integrated Circuits Handbook is available in two volumes. The first volume, EDA for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing, thoroughly examines system-level design, microarchitectural design, logical verification, and testing. Chapters contributed by leading experts authoritatively discuss processor modeling and design tools, using performance metrics to select microprocessor cores for IC designs, design and verification languages, digital simulation, hardware acceleration and emulation, and much more. Save on the complete set.

Design of Cost-Efficient Interconnect Processing Units

Author : Marcello Coppola
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351835823
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Book Synopsis Design of Cost-Efficient Interconnect Processing Units by : Marcello Coppola

Download or read book Design of Cost-Efficient Interconnect Processing Units written by Marcello Coppola and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Streamlined Design Solutions Specifically for NoC To solve critical network-on-chip (NoC) architecture and design problems related to structure, performance and modularity, engineers generally rely on guidance from the abundance of literature about better-understood system-level interconnection networks. However, on-chip networks present several distinct challenges that require novel and specialized solutions not found in the tried-and-true system-level techniques. A Balanced Analysis of NoC Architecture As the first detailed description of the commercial Spidergon STNoC architecture, Design of Cost-Efficient Interconnect Processing Units: Spidergon STNoC examines the highly regarded, cost-cutting technology that is set to replace well-known shared bus architectures, such as STBus, for demanding multiprocessor system-on-chip (SoC) applications. Employing a balanced, well-organized structure, simple teaching methods, numerous illustrations, and easy-to-understand examples, the authors explain: how the SoC and NoC technology works why developers designed it the way they did the system-level design methodology and tools used to configure the Spidergon STNoC architecture differences in cost structure between NoCs and system-level networks From professionals in computer sciences, electrical engineering, and other related fields, to semiconductor vendors and investors – all readers will appreciate the encyclopedic treatment of background NoC information ranging from CMPs to the basics of interconnection networks. The text introduces innovative system-level design methodology and tools for efficient design space exploration and topology selection. It also provides a wealth of key theoretical and practical MPSoC and NoC topics, such as technological deep sub-micron effects, homogeneous and heterogeneous processor architectures, multicore SoC, interconnect processing units, generic NoC components, and embeddings of common communication patterns.