HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COSYNTHESIS FOR MICROCONTROLLERS

Authors
ERNST R HENKEL J BENNER T
Citation
R. Ernst et al., HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COSYNTHESIS FOR MICROCONTROLLERS, IEEE design & test of computers, 10(4), 1993, pp. 64-75
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Applications & Cybernetics
Journal title
IEEE design & test of computers → ACNP
ISSN journal
07407475
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
64 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-7475(1993)10:4<64:HCFM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The authors present a software-oriented approach to hardware-software partitioning, which avoids restrictions on the software semantics, and an iterative partitioning process based on ''hardware extraction'' co ntrolled by a cost function. This process is used in Cosyma, an experi mental cosynthesis system for embedded controllers. As an example, the authors demonstrate the extraction of coprocessors for loops. They pr esent results for several benchmark designs.