Hardware/Software Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction

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Advantages/disadvantages of soft/firm cores • Soft cores – Can be synthesized to nearly any technology – Can optimize for particular use • E.g., delete unused portion of core – Lower power, smaller designs – Requires more design effort – May not work in technology not tested for – Not as optimized as hard core for same processor • Firm cores – Compromise between hard and soft cores • Some retargetability • Limited optimization • Better predictability/ease of use Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, (c) 2000 Vahid/Givargis 84
New challenges to processor providers • Cores have dramatically changed business model – Pricing models • Past – Vendors sold product as IC to designers – Designers must buy any additional copies • Could not (economically) copy from original • Today – Vendors can sell as IP – Designers can make as many copies as needed • Vendor can use different pricing models – Royalty-based model • Similar to old IC model • Designer pays for each additional model – Fixed price model • One price for IP and as many copies as needed – Many other models used Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, (c) 2000 Vahid/Givargis 85
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Embedded Systems Design: A Unified
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Embedded systems overview • Embed
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Some common characteristics of embe
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Design challenge - optimizing desig
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Time-to-market: a demanding design
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Losses due to delayed market entry
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Processor technology • The archit
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General-purpose processors • Prog
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Application-specific processors •
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PLD (Programmable Logic Device) •
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Graphical illustration of Moore’s
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The co-design ladder • In the pas
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Design productivity gap • 1981 le
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