{"product_id":"9780792386797","title":"Surviving the SOC Revolution: A Guide to Platform-Based Design","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSurviving the SOC Revolution: A Guide to Platform-Based Design\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eChang, Henry; Cooke, L.R.; Hunt, Merrill; Martin, Grant; McNelly, Andrew; Todd, Lee\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe aim of \u003cem\u003eSurviving the SOC Revolution: A Guide to  Platform-Based\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDesign\u003c\/em\u003e is to provide the engineering community  with a thorough understanding of the challenges involved when moving  to system-on-a-chip and deliver a step-by-step methodology to get them  there. \u003cbr\u003e  Design reuse is most effective in reducing the cost and development  time when the components to be shared are close to the final  implementation. On the other hand, it is not always possible or  desirable to share designs at this level, since minimal variations in  specification can result in different, albeit similar,  implementations. However, moving higher in abstraction can eliminate  the differences among designs, so that the higher level of abstraction  can be shared and only a minimal amount of work needs to be carried  out to achieve final implementation. \u003cbr\u003e  The ultimate goal is to create a library of functions and of hardware  and software implementations that can be used for all new designs. It  is important to have a multilevel library, since it is often the case  that the lower levels that are closer to the physical implementation  change because of the advances in technology, while the higher levels  tend to be stable across product versions. \u003cbr\u003e  It is most likely that the preferred approaches to the implementation  of complex embedded systems will include the following aspects:    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e Design costs and time are likely to dominate the  decision-making process for systems designers. Therefore, design reuse  in all its shapes and forms will be of paramount importance. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Designs have to be captured at the highest level of abstraction to be  able to exploit all the degrees of freedom that are available. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Next-generation systems will use a few highly complex (Moore's Law  Limited) part-types, but many more energy-power-cost-efficient,  medium-complexity (10M-100M) gates in 50nm technology chips, working  concurrently to implement solutions to complex sensing, computing, and  signaling\/actuating problems. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Such chips will most likely be  developed as an instance of a particular platform. That is, rather  than being assembled from a collection of independently developed  blocks of silicon functionality, they will be derived from a specific  `family' of rnicro-architectures, possibly oriented toward a  particular class of problems, that can be modified (extended or  reduced) by the system developer. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e These platforms will be  highly programmable. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Both system and software reuse impose a  design methodology that has to leverage existing implementations  available at all levels of abstraction. £\/LIST£ \u003cbr\u003e  This book deals with the basic principles of a design methodology that  addresses the concerns expressed above. The platform concept is  carried throughout the book as a unifying theme to reuse. This is the  first book that deals with the platform-based approach to the design  of embedded systems and is a stepping stone for anyone who is  interested in the real issues facing the design of complex  systems-on-chip. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eFrom the Preface by Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1999-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792386797\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/b116290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47667544129676,"sku":"9780792386797","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792386797.jpg?v=1776457688","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792386797","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}