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OverviewWe are presently observing a paradigm change in designing complex SoC as it occurs roughly every twelve years due to the exponentially increasing number of transistors on a chip. This design discontinuity, as all previous ones, is characterized by a move to a higher level of abstraction. This is required to cope with the rapidly increasing design costs. While the present paradigm change shares the move to a higher level of abstraction with all previous ones, there exists also a key difference. For the ?rst time shrinking geometries do not leadtoacorrespondingincreaseofperformance. InarecenttalkLisaSuofIBM pointed out that in 65nm technology only about 25% of performance increase can be attributed to scaling geometries while the lion share is due to innovative processor architecture [1]. We believe that this fact will revolutionize the entire semiconductor industry. What is the reason for the end of the traditional view of Moore’s law? It is instructive to look at the major drivers of the semiconductor industry: wireless communications and multimedia. Both areas are characterized by a rapidly increasingdemandofcomputationalpowerinordertoprocessthesophisticated algorithmsnecessarytooptimallyutilizethepreciousresourcebandwidth. The computational power cannot be provided by traditional processor architectures and shared bus type of interconnects. The simple reason for this fact is energy ef?ciency: there exist orders of magnitude between the energy ef?ciency of an algorithm implemented as a ?xed functionality computational element and of a software implementation on a processor. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim Kogel , Rainer Leupers , Heinrich MeyrPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006 Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048172023ISBN 10: 9048172020 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 19 November 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword. Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Embedded SOC Applications.- 3. Classification of Platform Elements.- 4. System Level Design Principles.- 5. Related Work.- 6. Methodology Overview.- 7. Unified Timing Model.- 8. MP-SOC Simulation Framework.- 9. Case Study.- 10. Summary.- Appendices. A: The OSCI TLM Standard. B: The OCPIP TL3 Channel. C: The Architects View Framework.- List of Figures. List of Tables. References.- Index.ReviewsFrom the reviews: The book covers most of the major areas of system-level design and modeling, and much of the work described has been incorporated into a commercial ESL tool ! . This book's scope and range of pragmatic ideas make it valuable for a wide audience. ! When combined with the extensive list of references (260!), this is a very valuable resource for anyone interested in the area ! . It should resonate with students, researchers, and practical designers ! . (Grant Martin, IEEE Design and Test of Computers, May-June, 2007) From the reviews: The book covers most of the major areas of system-level design and modeling, and much of the work described has been incorporated into a commercial ESL tool ... . This book,s scope and range of pragmatic ideas make it valuable for a wide audience. ... When combined with the extensive list of references (260!), this is a very valuable resource for anyone interested in the area ... . It should resonate with students, researchers, and practical designers ... . (Grant Martin, IEEE Design and Test of Computers, May-June, 2007) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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