An SoC design methodology using FPGAs and embedded microprocessors

Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 747-752

  Ohba, Nobuyuki ^a   Takano, Kohji ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ASIC; FPGA prototyping; Mixed level verification; SoC

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MICROCONTROLLERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SIMULATORS;

EMBEDDED MICROPROCESSORS; MIXED-LEVEL VERIFICATION; REGISTER TRANSFER LEVEL; SYSTEM ON CHIP (SOC);

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS;

EID: 4444224683     PISSN: 0738100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/996566.996769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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