We propose an abstract framework for Design Space Exploration (DSE) in the context of model-based embedded system development. The goal is to enable the integration of a set of concrete DSE methods addressing different system characteristics and design goals while still having a common understanding of design artifacts.

the increasing diversity in packet-processing applications together with the rapid increase in channel bandwidth has brought about greater complexity in communication protocols. also influenced by these factors is the computational load for packet-processing engines, demanding high performance microprocessor designs as an indispensable solution. this paper reports on extensive simulation experi...

This work presents further enhancements to an environment for exploring coarse grained reconfigurable data-driven array architectures suitable to implement data-stream applications. The environment takes advantage of Java and XML technologies to enable architectural trade-off analysis. The flexibility of the approach to accommodate different topologies and interconnection patterns is shown by a...

In this paper, we present a unified estimation technique to find the lower bounds on the number of LUT blocks and that of the micro-registers which can be obtained by any partitioning or synthesis methods, respectively, without performing any actual synthesis and/or design space exploration. The lower bound estimation is very important in sense that it greatly helps to evaluate the results of t...

During the development process of complex embedded systems there typically is a large number of architectural decisions that engineers are facing. Each of them can influence the properties of the end result (i.e.: cost, performance, etc.). A systematic process that supports this decision making is often referred to as Design Space Exploration (DSE). The need for computer-aided DSE methods was r...

Design space exploration is the simultaneous analysis of problem and solution spaces for a specific domain or application scope. Performing this activity as part of the architectural design is beneficial, especially for software platforms, which are shared across organizations. Exploring the design space of software platforms in a multi-product and multi-domain context is not trivial, and only ...

In this paper, we present a new methodology to rapidly explore the large design space encountered in hardware/software systems. The proposed methodology is based on a fast and accurate estimation approach. It has been implemented as an extension to a hardware/software codesign flow to enable the exploration of a large number of multiprocessor architecture solutions from the very start of the de...