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The work presented in this article results from a close cooperation between the teams of software design and architecture of the laboratory LaMi of Evry. Our purpose is the definition of hardware and software design techniques for heterogeneous architectures with case studies of telecommunication systems.The possibility of defining at the highest level of abstraction the specification of a hardware-software system allows to verify its coherence (prototyping, test, proof...). Oriented-object algebraic specifications (éTOILE-specifications) provide primitives tailored to the user’s behavior for this type of application. The design of the system by successive refinements of initial specifications results in simulatable codes for architecture and/or software targets and allows to verify coherence at every level. A partitioning algorithm is then used to choose between software and hardware implementations.
This research project will define hardware and software design techniques for heterogeneous architectures. These techniques begin to be used in a software environment allowing the rapid design of applications. We develop this tool in adequation with the study of telecommunication applications.
In addition, the set of specifications and internal representations of the design tool will be based on standards (VHDL, C and CDFG) allowing it to be easily opened to other tools or design methods. The resulting architectures will be described in VHDL at a RTL level, and will be compatible with the entry languages of industrial tools for ASIC or FPGA synthesis.
This work is done under CNET, France Telecom grant n°941B
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Aiguier, M. et al. (1997). ECOS A Generic Codesign Environment for the Prototyping of Real Time Applications “From Formal Specifications to Hardware-Software Partitioning”. In: Bergé, JM., Levia, O., Rouillard, J. (eds) Hardware/Software Co-Design and Co-Verification. Current Issues in Electronic Modeling, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2629-9_2
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