Grouping-Based Architecture Exploration of System-Level Design

This report introduces the grouping-based architecture exploration of the system level design. The grouping-based architecture exploration selects processing elements (PEs) to assemble the system architecture according to the design’s functionality. Furthermore, it maps design’s functional blocks to the selected PEs to pursue the shortest execution time . This report outlines the design flow of the grouping-based architecture exploration and describes a list-scheduling based algorithm for the groupingbased architecture exploration. .