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Platform Based on Open-Source Cores for Industrial Applications

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DATE '04: Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe - Volume 2

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The latest version of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors predicts that design reuse will be essential in the near future to face the constantly increasing design complexity. The concept comes from software engineering in which reuse is a fundamentaltechnology. In order to provide libraries and applications to reuse in software development, some open-source initiatives (e.g. Linux, gcc, X, mysql) have appeared during the last decades. The basic idea is to distribute the library or application source code (normally free-of-charge) and allow any developer to use, modify, debug and improve it. Several initiatives have tried to port this idea to hardware development. The main goal of this paper is to develop a synthesizable platform described in SystemC from an open architecture. The platform includes a CPU (OpenRISC) and some basic peripherals. A set of software development tools (compiler, assembler, debugger) and RTOS (eCos) has also been developed. This work enables the evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of the open-source model in electronic system design.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.sysarc.2008.05.005
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10617-006-9725-1

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Brunelli CCampi FMucci CRossi DAhonen TKylliäinen JGarzia FNurmi J(2008)Design space exploration of an open-source, IP-reusable, scalable floating-point engine for embedded applicationsJournal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal10.1016/j.sysarc.2008.05.00554:12(1143-1154)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.sysarc.2008.05.005
Posadas HÁdamez JSánchez PVillar EBlasco FHirose F(2006)POSIX modeling in SystemCProceedings of the 2006 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference10.1145/1118299.1118418(485-490)Online publication date: 24-Jan-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1118299.1118418
Posadas HAdamez JVillar EBlasco FEscuder F(2005)RTOS modeling in SystemC for real-time embedded SW simulationDesign Automation for Embedded Systems10.1007/s10617-006-9725-110:4(209-227)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10617-006-9725-1

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