HW/SW Co-design by Automatic Embedding of Complex IP Cores

Complex SoC and platform-based designs require integration of configurable IP cores from multiple sources. Even automatic compilation flows from a high-level description to HW/SW systems can benefit from having access to reusable sophisticated hand-optimized IP blocks. This is especially the case in the domain of reconfigurable computers, which offer core integration directly into the custom datapath. This work proposes the Parametric C Interface For IP Cores (PaCIFIC) to allow the automatic embedding of complex IP cores in a high-level language such as C. PaCIFIC provides for formal description of IP behavior and interface characteristics as well as an idiomatic programming style natural for SW developers.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: FPL
• Authors: Holger Lange, Andreas Koch
• Keywords: Complex Ip Cores, Configurable Ip Cores, FPL 2004, IP Cores