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This text 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.Main Description
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.
"System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC" presents thesystem design flow following a simple example through the wholeprocess in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step fashion. Each step isdescribed in detail in pictorial form and with code examples in SpecC.For each picture slide a detailed explanation is provided of theconcepts presented. This format is suited for tutorials, seminars, self-study, as a guided reference carried by examples, or as teachingmaterial for courses on system design.Features: "System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC" will benefitdesigners and design managers of complex SOCs, or embedded systems ingeneral, by allowing them to develop new methodologies from theseresults, in order to increase design productivity by orders ofmagnitude. Designers at RTL, logical or physical levels, who areinterested in moving up to the system level, will find a comprehensiveoverview within. The design models in the book define IP models andfunctions for IP exchange between IP providers and their users. Awell-defined methodology like the one presented in this book will helpproduct planning divisions to quickly develop new products or toderive completely new business models, like e-design orproduct-on-demand. Finally, researchers and students in the area ofsystem design will find an example of a formal, well-structured designflow in this book.Title Summary
"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."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Explains the use of the SpecC language for the rapid design of systems-on-chip (SOCs) or embedded systems in general. SpecC design allows for starting design from an executable system specification, allowing for greater productivity gains. To introduce the methodology, SpecC is described as an example of a dedicated, synthesis-oriented system level design language and the four different abstractions levels in systems design are described and refined. The methodology is then applied to two examples, a voice encoder/decoder for mobile telephony and a picture encoder. A complete design environment and possible tools, which can be developed around the described methodology is then developed. Finally, the SpecC Technology Open Consortium, founded as an effort to promote the language as a worldwide standard for interoperability and IP exchange, is introduced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)