Optimizing System Level Design of Mobile Phones

  • Madsen, Jan (Project Manager)
  • Knudsen, Peter Voigt (Project Participant)
  • Bjørn-Jørgensen, Peter (Project Participant)

    Project Details

    Description

    Todays mobile phones belong to the class of embedded computer systems
    which, as opposed to general purpose computer systems, are
    characterized by realizing well defined sets of system {\em tasks}.
    This allows for system specialization, i.e. targeting the system
    implementation for the specialized application.
    As in other areas of engineering, the competitive marketplace and
    relatively short lifetime of mobile phones requires fast and
    inexpensive development subject to the constraints of cost,
    performance, power dissipation, dependability, etc..
    Due to the size and complexity of these systems, as well as the many
    constraints, they are very difficult to analyze and design, even for
    experts. An optimal product is obtained by selecting the right system
    components (i.e. number of type of CPUs, ASICs, busses, interfaces,
    etc.) and selecting the right {\em mapping} of the system tasks onto
    these components, i.e. should a task be implemented as software on a
    CPU, which gives higher flexibility, or should it be implemented as
    dedicated hardware on an ASIC which reduces power dissipation and size
    of the product. This process is called {\em system level design}.
    The main objective of the project is to develop, test and refine
    university developed tools for system level design in an industrial
    environment. The tools will be implemented as software programs.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date01/01/199830/04/2001

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    Funding

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