Hardware/Software Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction
Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software ... - EET
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Design productivity gap<br />
• 1981 leading edge chip required 100 designer months<br />
– 10,000 transistors / 100 transistors/month<br />
• 2002 leading edge chip requires 30,000 designer months<br />
– 150,000,000 / 5000 transistors/month<br />
• Designer cost increase from $1M to $300M<br />
10,000<br />
100,000<br />
1,000<br />
10,000<br />
Logic transistors<br />
per chip<br />
(in millions)<br />
100<br />
10<br />
1<br />
0.1<br />
0.01<br />
IC capacity<br />
productivity<br />
Gap<br />
1000<br />
100<br />
10<br />
1<br />
0.1<br />
Productivity<br />
(K) Trans./Staff-Mo.<br />
0.001<br />
0.01<br />
1981<br />
1983<br />
1985<br />
1987<br />
1989<br />
1991<br />
1993<br />
1995<br />
1997<br />
1999<br />
2001<br />
2003<br />
2005<br />
2007<br />
2009<br />
Embedded Systems Design: A Unified<br />
<strong>Hardware</strong>/<strong>Software</strong> <strong>Introduction</strong>, (c) 2000 Vahid/Givargis<br />
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