Function / Architecture Optimization and Co-Design Flow

Abstract

In the previous Chapters, we layed the foundation for the formal function / architecture optimization and co-design methodology. We presented a suitable abstract representation on which function / architecture trade-off is performed through refinement of the function, and abstraction of the architecture in Chapter 3. We then focused on discussing optimization of both control and data and how we introduced it into the co-design process as a crucial player in the analysis and redundancy removal of the information embodied in the function as it is constrained by the application and architecture demands. We overviewed architecture-independent optimizations in Chapter 4, architecture / function trade-offs in Chapter 5, and then mapping of the function onto the architecture in Chapter 6. Integration with synthesis was presented in Chapter 7.