Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '98)
A Scalable Methodology for Cost Estimation in a Transformational High-Level Design Space Exploration Environment
Paris, France
February 23-February 26
ISBN: 0-8186-8359-7
Objective of the methodology presented in this paper is to perform design space exploration on a high level of abstraction by applying high-level transformations. To realize a design loop which is close and settled on upper design levels, a high-level estimation step is integrated. In this paper, several estimation methodologies fixed on different states of the high-level synthesis process are examined with respect to their aptitude on controlling the transformational design space exploration process. Estimation heuristics for several design characteristics are derived and experimentally validated.
Citation:
Joachim Gerlach, Wolfgang Rosenstiel, "A Scalable Methodology for Cost Estimation in a Transformational High-Level Design Space Exploration Environment," date, pp.226, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '98), 1998