1. Virtual Hardware Prototyping Through Timed Hardware-Software Co-Simulation
- Author
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Mirko Loghi, Giovanni Perbellini, Franco Fummi, Massimo Poncino, M. Monguzzi, S. Martini, Department of Computer Science [Verona] (UNIVR | DI), University of Verona (UNIVR), SITEK S.p.A., SITEK S.p.A. Verona, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica [Torino] (DAUIN), Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin (Polito), EDAA - European design and Automation Association, and Publishing Association, EDA
- Subjects
Rapid prototyping ,[INFO.INFO-AR]Computer Science [cs]/Hardware Architecture [cs.AR] ,[INFO.INFO-AR] Computer Science [cs]/Hardware Architecture [cs.AR] ,Computer science ,cosimulation ,prototyping ,02 engineering and technology ,Software prototyping ,01 natural sciences ,Intelligent verification ,Software ,0103 physical sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Hardware compatibility list ,computer.programming_language ,010302 applied physics ,Hardware architecture ,business.industry ,Hardware description language ,Automation ,[SPI.TRON] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics ,020202 computer hardware & architecture ,[SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics ,Computer architecture ,Embedded system ,business ,computer ,Virtual prototyping - Abstract
Submitted on behalf of EDAA (http://www.edaa.com/); International audience; Designers of factory automation applications increasingly demand for tools for rapid prototyping of hardware extensions to existing systems and verification of resulting behaviors through hardware and software co-simulation. This work presents a framework for the timing-accurate co-simulation of HDL models and their verification against hardware and software running on an actual embedded device of which only a minimal knowledge of the current design is required. Experiments on real-life applications show that early architectural and design decisions can be taken by measuring the expected performance on the models realized using the proposed framework.
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- 2005