A codesign case study in computer graphics

Authors:
Jens P. Brage;Jan Madsen
Affiliations:
Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark;Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Venue:
CODES '94 Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Hardware/software co-design
Year:
1994

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Abstract

This paper describes a codesign case study where a computer graphics application is examined with the intention to speed up its execution. The application is specified as a C program, and is characterized by the lack of a simple compute-intensive kernel. The hardware/software partitioning is based on information obtained from software profiling and the resulting design is validated through co-simulation. A locally developed interface model, Merlin, is used as the basis for co-simulation. The achieved speed-up is estimated based on an analysis of profile information.