Incremental hardware estimation during hardware/software functional partitioning
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To aid in the functional partitioning of a system into interacting hardware and software components, fast yet accurate estimations of hardware size are crucial. We introduce a technique for obtaining such estimates in two orders of magnitude less time than previous approaches without sacriicing substantial accuracy, by incrementally updating a design model for a changed partition rather than reestimating entirely.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IEEE Trans. VLSI Syst.
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995