The importance of interfaces: a HW/SW codesign case study

Authors:
D. C. R. Jensen;J. Madsen;S. Pedersen
Affiliations:
GN Danavox AS, Mårkærvej 2A, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark;Department of Information Technology, Technical University of Denmark;Department of Information Technology, Technical University of Denmark
Venue:
CODES '97 Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Hardware/Software Co-Design
Year:
1997

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Abstract

This paper presents a codesign case study in image analysis. The main objective is to stress the importance of handling HW/SW interfaces more precisely at the system level. In the presented case study, there is an intuitive and simple HW/SW interface, which is based upon the functional modules in the application. However, it is found that this seemingly sound choice caused a number of practical problems and sub-optimal solutions during the implementation of the prototype system.