SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (SoC) AND USE OF VLSI CIRCUIT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (SoC) AND USE OF VLSI CIRCUIT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (SoC) AND USE OF VLSI CIRCUIT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
VLSI chip
Integration of high-level components Possess gate-level sophistication in circuits above that of the counter, register, multiplier, floating point operation unit and ALU.
System on chip (SoC) a new design innovation SoC is a system on a VLSI chip that has all needed analog as well as digital circuits, processors and software, for example, single-chip mobile phone
SYSTEM-ON-CHIP
Embeds: Multiple processors, Memories, Multiple standard source solutions (IP Cores), Logic and analog units Embedding a Microprocessor General Purpose Processor (GPP) microprocessor can be embedded on a VSLI chip. Embedding an ASIP Processor with instruction set designed for specific application on a VLSI chip for example, Microcontroller, DSP, IO, media, network or other domain specific processor
Embedded processor GPP or ASIP core, Single purpose processing cores or multiple processor cores, A network bus protocol core, An encryption and decryption functions cores, Cores for FFT and Discrete cosine transforms for signal processing applications, Memories Multiple standard source solutions, called IP (Intellectual Property) cores, Programmable logic device and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) cores. Other logic and analog units.
SoC
IPs in SoC
IP a standard source solution for synthesizing a higher-level component by configuring a core of VLSI circuit or FPGA core available as an Intellectual Property, called (IP). High Level Components with gate level sophistication circuit much above level of counters and registers. Designer or designing company holds the copyright for the synthesized design of a higher-level component for gate-level implementation of an IP. One might have to pay royalty for every chip shipped. An embedded system may incorporate several IPs.
IPs in SoC
An IP may provide a design for adaptive filtering of a signal. full design for implementing Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to transmit a web page or file on Internet. USB port controller, Bluetooth, GPS interface, Wireless 802.11or 802.16 interfaces
FPGA Core
An FPGA consists of a large number of programmable gates on a VLSI chip. There is a set of gates in each FPGA cell, called 'macro cell'. Embedded system designed with a view of offering enhancing functionalities in future, then FPGA core can be used in the circuits. Each cell has several inputs and outputs. All cells interconnect like an array (matrix). Each interconnection is programmable through the associated memory RAM in a FPGA programming tool. A concept is using FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) core along with single or multiple processors.
Use of Xilinx Spartan- 3 90 nm based FPGAs with Power PCs (2003 ) Use of FPGAs cum Processor Cores FPGA 125136 Logic Cells along with the Four IBM PowerPC processors [Exemplary Application: System with a Data Encryption Engine at 1.5 Gbps] FPGA An SIMD instruction, Fourier transform and its inverse, DFT or Laplace transform and its inverse, compression or decompression, encrypting or deciphering, a specific pattern-recognition (for recognizing a signature or finger print or DNA sequence). Configure an algorithm into the logic gates of the FPGA.