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CS269:
HW/SW Engineering of Embedded Systems, Winter02
System Design: Industry Structure
External IP
provider
(e.g. software modem)
(e.g. software modem)
Internal IP provider
(e.g. MPEG2 engine)
System
designer
(Set-top box)
(Set-top box)
Contents provider
(e.g. TV broadcast company)
Methodology
for
Platform-based
System Design
for
Platform-based
System Design
Platform provider
(e.g. Semiconductor company)
µP
DSP
MPEG2
Engine
Engine
custom
Graphics
: Requirements specification, Testbench
:
Functional and performance models
(with agreed interfaces and abstraction
levels)