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Tables of Contents for Function/Architecture Optimization and Co-Design of Embedded Systems
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xiv
Preface
xv
Introduction and Background
1
26
Introduction
3
8
Motivation
4
4
Research Overview and Objective
8
1
This Work's Contribution
9
2
System Level Design of Embedded Systems
11
16
The Application Domain, and Design Tools
11
1
Embedded System Design
11
2
System Level Design Validation of Embedded Systems
13
1
Co-simulation Validation Framework
14
4
Function Architecture Co-design Methodology
18
5
Reactive System Co-synthesis
23
4
Function / Architecture Optimization and Co-design
27
148
Design Representation
29
20
Background
33
5
Novel Intermediate Design Representation
38
9
Proof of Concept
47
2
Function Optimizations
49
36
Optimization Methodology
49
2
Mathematical Framework for Control and Data Flow Analysis
51
14
The FFG Data Flow and Control Optimization Algorithm
65
9
Properties of the FFG Optimization Algorithm
74
5
Tree vs. Shared DAG Form of the FFG
79
1
The Backdrop: Related Work in Optimization
80
1
Future Directions
81
4
Function / Architecture Optimizations
85
36
Function / Architecture Representation: AFFG
86
1
Function Architecture Co-design in the Macro-Architecture
87
1
Operation Motion in the AFFG
88
13
Other Constraint-Driven Optimization Techniques
101
1
Optimizing the Function to be Mapped onto the Macro Architecture
102
11
Function Architecture Co-design in the Micro-Architecture
113
3
Future Directions
116
5
Architectural Optimizations
121
26
Target Architectural Organization
121
5
CFSM Network Architecture: SHIFT
126
1
Architectural Modeling
126
6
Mapping the AFFG onto SHIFT
132
3
Architecture Dependent Optimizations
135
10
Future Directions
145
2
Hardware/Software Co-Synthesis and Estimation
147
28
Hardware/Software Co-synthesis
147
1
Software CFSM Representation: The S-graph
148
2
Polis Approach to Software Synthesis
150
4
Polis Approach to Hardware Synthesis
154
1
Optimization and Co-design Guiding Co-Synthesis
154
1
The Real Time Operating System
155
3
Interfacing Polis to Commercial RTOSs
158
5
Optimizing the RTOS
163
2
Measuring the Final Implementation Cost
165
1
Software Estimation
166
8
Hardware Estimation
174
1
Overall Co-design Flow, Results, Conclusions, and the Future
175
42
Function / Architecture Optimization and Co-Design Flow
177
12
Inter-CFSM Optimizations
177
3
Functional Decomposition
180
3
A Comprehensive Function Architecture Co-design and Optimization Flow
183
2
Software Implementation
185
4
Synthesis Results
189
22
A Communications Domain Application Example: An ATM Server
190
10
An Automotive Dashboard Controller
200
3
Results on Data-rich Control Designs
203
8
Conclusions and Future Research Opportunities
211
6
Index
217
18
References
235
10
C-Like Intermediate Format (Clif) for Design Representation
245