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Fast hardware/software co-simulation for virtual prototyping and trade-off analysis
Abstract:
Hardware/software co-simulation is generally performed with separate simulatio
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models. This makes trade-off evaluation difficult, because the models must be
re-compiled whenever some architectural choice is changed. We propose a
technique to simulate hardware and software that is almost cycle-accurate, and
uses the same model for both types of components. Only the timing
information used for synchronization needs to be changed to modify the
processor choice, the implementation choice, or the scheduling policy.
We show how this technique can be used to decide the implementation of a
real-life example, a car dashboard controller.
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