This article presents a taxonomy for ESL tools and methodologies that combines UC Berkeley's platform-based design terminologies with Dan Gajski's Y-chart work. This is timely and necessary because in the ESL world we seem to be building tools without first establishing an appropriate design flow or methodology, thereby creating a lot of confusion. This taxonomy can help stem the tide of confusion.
Index Terms:
ESL, electronic system-level design, design flow, taxonomy
Citation:
Douglas Densmore, Roberto Passerone, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "A Platform-Based Taxonomy for ESL Design," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 359-374, Sep./Oct. 2006, doi:10.1109/MDT.2006.112