Media processor hardware/software co-simulation andco-verification platform

TLDR: A general heterogeneous hardware/ software co-simulation and co-verification platform was constructed based on the hardware/software co-design method, and the experimental results show that the media processor designed and simulated based on this platform are accelerated 7~15 ten thousand times compared with hardware description language(HDL) software simulator.

Abstract: To accelerate media processor's hardware/software co-simulation process, a general heterogeneous hardware/software co-simulation and co-verification platform was constructed based on the hardware/software co-design method. For validating of the media processor design, the configurable and reusable platform consists of hardware sub-platform and software sub-platform. Using this platform, the designed 32-bit media digital signal processor MediaDSP3200 series were verified, and application programs were developed. The experimental results show that the media processor designed and simulated based on this platform are accelerated 7~15 ten thousand times compared with hardware description language(HDL) software simulator. The co-simulation and co-verification platform has satisfied feature by using the software sub-platform controller, the hardware sub-platform can provide some debug functions that are seldom implemented in hardware simulator.