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文件名称:SOC Hardware-Software Co-Development
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更新时间:2021-08-07 17:06:04
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Embedded software historically is developed after the hardware is available and software is
debugged using ICE or JTAG. This design approach is limiting for control-dominated SOC designs
where the SOC performance is dictated not by hardware or software components but the interfaces
among these components. This mandates that both the hardware and software be developed
concurrently. This paper proposes a pragmatic approach to solving this problem by using clockaccurate C simulation models of the whole chip for embedded software development earlier in the
design cycle. This approach uses current tools for software and hardware development and provides
an opportunity to change the hardware components and architecture by earlier integration of
hardware with the software. Such an approach is critically needed for high performance
communication and networking SOCs that typically contain multiple processors, coprocessors and
high-speed memory systems.