Automatic network generation for system-on-chip communication design

ABSTRACT

With growing system complexities, system-level communication design is becoming increasingly important and advanced, network-oriented communication architectures become necessary. In this paper, we extend previous work on automatic communication refinement to support non-traditional, network-oriented architectures beyond a single bus. From an abstract description of the desired communication channels, the refinement tools automatically generate executable models and implementations of the system communication at various levels of abstraction. Experimental results show that significant productivity gains can be achieved, demonstrating the effectiveness of the approach for rapid, early communication design space exploration.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.6 COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING
      Subjects: Computer-aided design (CAD)

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design

Keywords:
communication synthesis, system level design