ChronoSym: a new approach for fast and accurate SoC cosimulation

International Journal of Embedded Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 103-111

  Iuliana, Bacivarov ^a   Aimen, Bouchhima ^a   Sungjoo, Yoo ^b   Jerraya, Ahmed A ^a  

^a TIMA LABORATORY   (France)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HAL simulation model; HW SW cosimulation; SoC; timed native execution; timing accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349701697     PISSN: 17411068     EISSN: 17411076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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10. In this case, wait() is considered as an OS API function.
11. In this case, wait() is also considered as an OS API function.
12. In the case of ARM processor, the directive _swi() is used when a function is declared as a software interrupt service routine.
13. The condition code flags (N, Z, C, V) are not simulated by the HAL simulation model.
14. Cur and mode represent the index of current task and the current processor mode (mode = CPSR, mode).
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