EE382V: Embedded System Design and Modeling
EE382V: Embedded Sys Dsgn and Modeling
EE382V: Embedded System Design and Modeling
Lecture 9 ? Computation Modeling & Refinement
Andreas Gerstlauer
Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at Austin gerstl@ece.utexas.edu
Lecture 9
Lecture 9: Outline
? Processor layers ? Application ? Task/OS ? Firmware ? Hardware
? Processor synthesis ? Software synthesis ? Hardware synthesis
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Lecture 9
System-On-Chip Environment (SCE)
Design Decisions
RTL DB
Specification
CCPPUU
Spec
System Design
(Specify-Explore-Refine)
PE/CE/Bus Models
TLTMLTMnLnMi
System models
Hardware Synthesis
Software Synthesis
SW DB
BB11 BB22
OOSS HHAALL DDrvrv ISISCRRPU
B1 B2
Coren Coren Coren Coren Core1 Coren OS + Drv
CPU Bus C1
CCoommppuuttaattiioonn mmooddeelliinnggaanndd
rreeffiinneemmeenntt
Mem
v1 v2
C2
C3
DSP B3
OS + Drv DSP Bus
C4
AArTcrLchhMnnn
B4 HW
B5 IP
HHWHWnW.nv.nv.v
RRTRTLTLnLn n
ISISSISSnSn n
Implementation Model
CCPCPUPUn.Unb.nibn.ibnin
ImImIpmplnplnln
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General Processor Micro-Architecture
? Basic computation component is a processor (PE) ? Programmable, general-purpose software processor (CPU) ? Programmable special-purpose processor (e.g. DSPs) ? Application-specific instruction set processor (ASIP) ? Custom hardware processor
PE
Bus interface
CLK
Controller
Status lines
Datapath
t
Control signals
Functionality and timing
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Computation Modeling (1)
? Structural RTL models
CPU
Controller
PC Fetch
IR
Decode
Load/store unit
CLK
Memory (data & progr.)
Datapath
Register file
ALU
HW
Controller
Next state logic
State
Output logic
Bus interface
CLK
Datapath
Register file
Memory
FU1
Software processor Sub-cycle accurate
Hardware processor
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Lecture 9
Computation Modeling (2)
? Behavioral RTL models (FSMD) ? Instruction-set simulation (ISS) models
? Purely functional or micro-architectural
Binary
App. RTOS HAL
ISS
CPU
HW
CPU_CLK
Instruction set simulation (ISS) Cycle or timing accurate
HW_CLK
FSMD
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Computation Modeling (3)
? Host-compiled modeling ? Compile and execute application natively
? Fast functional simulation
? Annotate application with target timing and power
? Accurate feedback
? Wrap with SLDL code for platform integration
? Add OS and processor models for integration into TLM backplanes
Fast and accurate simulation
Source: A. Gerstlauer. "Host-Compiled Simulation of Multi-Core Platforms," RSP10.
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Lecture 9
Computation Layers
CPU
Process B1() {
... waitfor(15000); ... waitfor(25000); ... };
P1 P2
OS HAL Drv ISR
Bus
Interrupts
? Application ? Process execution (C code) ? Execution timing
? OS & processor ? Operating system
? Real-time multi-tasking (RTOS model) ? Bus drivers (C code)
? Hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
? Interrupt handlers ? Media accesses
? Processor hardware
? Bus interfaces (I/O state machines) ? Interrupt suspension and timing
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Application Layer
? High-level, abstract programming model
? Hierarchical process graph
...
? ANSI C leaf processes ? Parallel-serial composition
CPU B1
... ...
? Abstract, typed inter-process
communication
B2
C1
B3
? Channels
C2
? Shared variables
Timed simulation of application functionality (SLDL)
? Back-annotate timing
? Estimation or measurement (trace, ISS)
Logical time
? Function or basic block level granularity
? Execute natively on simulation host
...
0 5 10
void f() {
waitfor(5);
...
? Discrete event simulator
}
? Fast, native compiled simulation
...
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Lecture 9
Automated Back-Annotation
? Back-annotation flow ? Compiler frontend
? Frontend optimizations
? Intermediate representation
? Optimized code ? IR to C conversion
? Re-targetable timing and power estimation
? Micro-architecture description language (uADL)
? Cycle-accurate ISS ? Reference power model
? Back annotation of estimates into IR
? Basic block level
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