| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S13361/02 |
| Title: |
Debug Support Strategy for Systems-on-Chips with Multiple Processor Cores |
| Principal Investigator: |
McDonald-Maier, Professor K |
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| Department: |
Computer Sci and Electronic Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Essex |
| Scheme: |
First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC |
| Starts: |
15 August 2005 |
Ends: |
14 May 2006 |
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39,218
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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The continuous advancement in technology for Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) results in novel challenges for system development: previously used debug strategies for hardware and application software development have either become obsolete, unreliable or Insufficient. The purpose of this proposed study is to investigate new efficient approaches to support hardware and application software development for embedded SoCs with multiple processor cores. Building on the relevant day-to-day development experience of the investigator and the collaborators, the proposal aims to identify generic feature sets for debug interfaces on processor cores, other modules, and interconnection structures in complex SoCs. While debugging SoCs with a number of diverse cores and modules is a novel challenge, new algorithms have to be developed that not only provide debugging of each SoC component on its own, but also take into account that these components might heavily interact and Influence each other during the operation. To implement the devised algorithms and to provide a 'real world' test bed, it is proposed to develop a prototype software that serves as a common client to control and observe the debug interfaces on one SoC platform. The functionality and suitability of the devised prototype software will be assessed by a realistic trial. The trial will focus on application software development for real-tim
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