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EPSRC Reference: GR/M93758/01
Title: MODELLING AND VERIFICATION OF INTERCONNECTS FOR SYSTEM ON-CHIP ARCHITECTURES
Principal Investigator: Eder, Professor K
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Department: Computer Science
Organisation: University of Bristol
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 March 2000 Ends: 31 May 2003 Value (£): 51,411
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Microsystems System on Chip
VLSI Design
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Electronics No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Investigation of formal techniques that support the design of System-on-Chip (SOC) architectures, in particular on-chip interconnects. SOCs integrate a number of co-operating modules on a single chip; typically dedicated for a specific domain, e.g. multimedia processing. These modules are linked via a high-speed processing with real time communication and provide a challenging application. A variety of formal approaches to modelling, analysis and verification of general hardware and communication systems exits, their practical use of formal techniques by integrating different approaches in a uniform verification environment specialised to support SOC design. The first project stage develops a modelling framework that can be used to represent the functional behaviour of a SOC, as well as its performance analysis. The system will be tested using a formal model of a multimedia SOC. A CCS/CSP-based modelling language and techniques based on the observational behaviour paradigm are expected to be suitable.
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