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A broad range of new wireless & multimedia products and services, such as set-top boxes and personal communicators, has been enabled by a melding of computing, communication, entertainment, and VLSI technologies. Unfortunately, the design effort needed to bring such products into the marketplace within a 6–9 month market window is currently a major bottleneck. This is because the design technology is growing at a slower pace than the underlying VLSI capabilities and system complexity. This paper summarizes the major tasks that need to be addressed when designing embedded multimedia systems, and highlights the challenges that need to be met. Some of the emerging design technologies that address these challenges are outlined, including hardware-software codesign methodologies, coverification and cosimulation frameworks. These improvements can better leverage the underlying technology to yield improved and more cost effective products for the consumer at home, in the office, or on the information superhighway.
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Subrahmanyam, P.A., Ackland, B.D. (1996). Design technologies for embedded multimedia systems. In: Terashima, N., Altman, E. (eds) Advanced IT Tools. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34979-4_30
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