Table of Contents

• Embedded Multiprocessor System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture design

  • Introduction to present and future heterogeneous multicore SoC´s

  • Electronic System Level (ESL) SoC modeling and optimization

  • Early HW/SW power estimation and optimization

• System Modeling and Virtual Prototyping

  • Full system modeling

  • Fast instruction set simulation

  • Parallel SoC simulation

  • Multicore SW debugging with Virtual Platforms

• Embedded Processor Design and Customization

  • Architecture Description Languages (ADLs)

  • Instruction accurate modeling

  • Cycle accurate modeling

  • Example: LISA language based processor design

  • Advanced code profiling and instrumentation

• Embedded SW development for multicore HW platforms

  • C compiler design for customized instruction sets

  • Advanced embedded code optimization

  • Multicore programming languages and tools

  • Example: Heterogeneous multicore programming with Silexica SLX tool suite

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