MAMPSx: A design framework for rapid synthesis of predictable heterogeneous MPSoCs
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Abstract
Heterogeneous Multiprocessor System-on-Chips (HMPSoC) are becoming popular as a means of meeting energy efficiency requirements of modern embedded systems. However, as these HMPSoCs run multimedia applications as well, they also need to meet real-time requirements. Designing these predictable HMPSoCs is a key challenge, as the current design methods for these platforms are either semi-automated, non-predictable, or have limited heterogeneity. In this paper, we propose a design framework to generate and program HMPSoC designs in a rapid and predictable manner. It takes the application specifications and the architecture model as input and generates the entire HMPSoC, for FPGA prototyping, that meets the throughput constraints. The experimental results show that our framework can provide a conservative bound on the worst-case throughput of the FPGA implementation. We also present results of a case study that computes the area-power trade-offs of an industrial vision application. The entire design space exploration of all configurations was completed in 8 hours. A tool-chain targeting the Xilinx Zynq FPGA is also presented.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society, Washington |
Pages | 136-142 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (print) | 9781479924103 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
Series | International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP) |
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Conference
Title | 2013 International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping: Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, RSP 2013 |
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Duration | 3 - 4 October 2013 |
City | Montreal, QC |
Country | Canada |