Integrating communication protocol selection with partitioning in hardware/software codesign

Peter Voigt Knudsen; Jan Madsen

doi:10.1109/ISSS.1998.730610

Integrating communication protocol selection with partitioning in hardware/software codesign

Peter Voigt Knudsen, Jan Madsen

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This paper explores the problem of determining the characteristics of the communication links in a computer system as well as determining the best functional partitioning. In particular, we present a communication estimation model and show, by the use of this model, the importance of integrating communication protocol selection with hardware/software partitioning. The communication estimation model allows for fast estimation but is still sufficiently detailed as to allow the designer or design tool to efficiently explore tradeoffs between throughputs, bus widths, burst/nonburst transfers, operating frequencies of system components such as buses, CPU's, ASIC's, software code size, hardware area, and component prices. A distinct feature of the model is the modeling of driver processing of data (packing, splitting, compression, etc.) and its impact on communication throughput. The integration of communication protocol selection and communication driver design with hardware/software partitioning is illustrated by a number of design space exploration experiments carried out within the LYCOS cosynthesis system, using models of the PCI and USB protocols.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on System Synthesis
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	1998
Pages	111-116
ISBN (Print)	0-8186-8623-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSS.1998.730610
Publication status	Published - 1998
Event	11th International Symposium on System Synthesis - Chinatrust Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 2 Dec 1998 → 4 Dec 1998 Conference number: 11 http://www.cs.nthu.edu.tw/~isss98/

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Conference	11th International Symposium on System Synthesis
Number	11
Location	Chinatrust Hotel
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Hsinchu
Period	02/12/1998 → 04/12/1998
Internet address	http://www.cs.nthu.edu.tw/~isss98/

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