An Automatic SoC Design Methodology for Integration and Verification

Abstract:

The increasing complexity of current SoC design brings a great challenge to SoC designer for fast SoC RTL integration and effective verification. In this paper, an automatic SoC integration methodology based on IP-XACT standard is proposed as a complete and effective solution for low-level RTL simulation, FPGA emulation and ASIC implementation. A bottom-up approach is adopted for design integration and verification from component level, to SoC core level, and then to final chip level. The three-core MPSoC case study not only gives the detailed usage and analysis on the proposed methodology, but also shows its efficiency to integrate a complex SoC design and its feasibility for correct SoC implementation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 383-390)
• Pages: 2222-2230
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.383-390.2222
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: De Ma, Kai Huang, Si Wen Xiu, Xiao Lang Yan, Jiong Feng, Jian Lin Zeng, Hai Tong Ge
• Keywords: Integration, IP-XACT, Platform, RTL, SoC

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