Integrated functional partitioning and synthesis for low power distributed systems of systems-on-a-chip

Yunsi Fei, Niraj K. Jha

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Abstract

We present a functional partitioning method for low power real-time embedded systems. The goal is to partition the system-level specification of a set of task graphs to realise a distributed system whose constituent nodes are systems-on-a-chip (SOCs). The proposed technique merges partitioning and system synthesis into one integrated process, implemented within a genetic algorithm. This technique satisfies both the hard real-time constraints and each SOC area constraint, and performs multi-objective optimisation, with multiple distributed system architectures produced that trade off overall system price and power consumption. Experimental results show the efficacy of the technique.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2-13
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Embedded Systems
Volume1
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture

Keywords

  • SOC synthesis
  • distributed systems
  • functional partitioning
  • genetic algorithms
  • hardware-software cosynthesis
  • real-time embedded systems

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