A hardware-software cosynthesis technique based on heterogeneous multiprocessor scheduling

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a fast and simple heuristic for the cosynthesis problem targeting the system-on-chip (SOC) design. The proposed algorithm covers from implementation selection and resource sharing problem in SOC design to PE selection problems in distributed heterogeneous embedded (DHE) system design. The proposed solution also considers multiple design objectives. Through benchmark experimentation, it is proven that the proposed solution produces solutions of equivalent quality to the previously published results in the DHE design. Its execution speed is several orders of magnitude smaller for large examples. We envision that the proposed approach will be one of significant cosynthesis researches in the SOC design. In the DHE design, the proposed approach could be used as an initial solution to a probabilistic algorithm guaranteeing to obtain a better solution.