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Andreas Gerstlauer, Dongwan Shin, Samar Abdi, Pramod Chandraiah and Daniel D. Gajski,
"Design of a MP3 Decoder using the System-On-Chip Environment (SCE),"
CECS, UC Irvine, Technical Report CECS-TR-07-05, November 2007.
Electronic system-level (ESL) design is touted as a promising
solution to sustain productivity in embedded system design in
the presence of increasing complexities and decreasing
time-to-market. The System-On-Chip Environment (SCE) provides
such a SpecC-based ESL design solution. In this report, we
demonstrate SCE as applied to the design of a MP3
decoder. Starting from a reference C code, an initial
specification model is developed and several different
architectural alternatives are explored for implementation on
an ARM-based target platform. Using SCE, models for all
alternatives are generated and a final, optimal
multi-processor system-on-chip (MPSoC) design is selected.
Results of the SCE-based design process show the feasibility
and benefits of the approach. Using SCE refinement and exploration
tools, all models were generated within minutes. Including the time
needed for model simulations, the overall exploration process was
completed within an hour. Therefore, the design example demonstrates
the capabilities of SCE for rapid, early design space exploration
resulting in significant productivity gains.
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