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Title:
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Untimed-C based SoC Architecture Design Space Exploration for 3G and Beyond Wireless Systems |
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Author:
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Guo, Yuanbin; McCain, Dennis
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Type:
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Conference paper |
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xmlui.Rice_ECE.Keywords:
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Untimed-C; design space exploration; 3G and beyond; SoC |
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Citation:
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Y. Guo and D. McCain, "Untimed-C based SoC Architecture Design Space Exploration for 3G and Beyond Wireless Systems," 2005. |
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Abstract:
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In this paper, we propose an un-timed C/C++ level verification methodology that integrates key technologies for truly high-level VLSI modelling to keep pace with the explosive complexity of SoC designs in the 3G and beyond wireless communications. A Catapult C/C++ based architecture scheduler transfers the major workload to the algorithmic C/C++ fixed-point design. Case study is given to explore the VLSI design space extensively for various types of computational intensive algorithms in MIMO-CDMA systems, such as a MIMO equalizer to avoid the Direct-Matrix-Inverse. Extensive time/area tradeoff study is enabled with different architecture and resource constraints in a short design cycle. Architecture efficiency and productivity are improved significantly, enabling truly rapid prototyping for the 3G and beyond wireless systems. |
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Date Published:
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2005-02-01 |
