EBD_intro_slides.pdf - Microelectronic Systems Laboratory - EPFL

Design process/flow (2/2)♦ Requirements• What the system should do• Characteristics or features of thedesired (required) system♦ Specifications• Result of the requirementanalysis• Items, materials, or services• Procedures for validating therequirements♦ Architecture design• How the system should work• Hardware/software partitioning• Hardware partitioning(RF, analog, digital parts)• IP blocks (design reuse)♦ Architecture design (cont'd)• Performance evaluation(operability, speed, consumption,area, etc.)♦ Component design• Detailed/physical design• Block implementation♦ Manufacture• At foundry location (ASIC) or deviceprogramming (FPGA)♦ Test• Functional/structural testing ofchip samplesA. Vachoux, 2005-2006 EDA Based Design Introduction - 5