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This work attempts to enhance the support of embedded software modeling with SystemC 2.0. We propose a top-down approach that first lets designers specify their application in SystemC at a high abstraction level through a set of connected modules, and simulate the whole system. Then, the application is partitioned in two parts: software and hardware modules. Each partition can be connected to our platform that includes a commercial RTOS executed by an ARM ISS scheduled by the SystemC simulator. One of our major contributions is that we can easily move a module from hardware to software (and vice versa) to allow architectural exploration.
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Chevalier, J., Benny, O., Rondonneau, M., Bois, G., Aboulhamid, E.M., Boyer, FR. (2004). SPACE: A Hardware/Software SystemC Modeling Platform Including an RTOS. In: Grimm, C. (eds) Languages for System Specification. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7991-5_6
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