Language-driven Exploration and Implementation of Partially Re-configurable ASIPs

Modern Electronic System Level (ESL) techniques enable designers to effectively increase productivity. This book covers a key segment of ESL by modeling partially re-configurable processors via high-level Architecture Description Language.

Increasing complexity of modern embedded systems demands system designers to ramp up their design productivity without compromising performance goals. This is promoted by modern Electronic System Level (ESL) techniques. Language-driven Exploration and Implementation of Partially Re-configurable ASIPs addresses an important segment of the ESL area by modeling partially re-configurable processors via high-level Architecture Description Language (ADL). This approach also hints an imminent evolution in the area of re-configurable system design.

This book presents a strong background and various perspectives of partially re-configurable processor design The book goes through the history of partially re-configurable processor evolution, making the reader knowledgeable about the past research as well as the roadblocks faced over time The partially re-configurable processor design requires an understanding of the key design problems in processor design as well as in re-configurable system design. Both of which are active research topics at this moment and this book deals with these problems extensively The complexity of re-configurable processor design thwarts the designers. A well-organized design methodology, as presented in this book, highlighting the principles will help them tremendously The book offers a modelling formalism as well as implementation methods, which can be used for stand-alone re-configurable system design

Inhalt
Background.- Related Work.- rASIP Design Space.- Pre-Fabrication Design Space Exploration.- Pre-Fabrication Design Implementation.- Post-fabrication Design Space Exploration and Implementation.- Case Study.- Past, Present and Future.