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The Platform Based Design method should be developed around the design meta-database with the objective to target following:
60% of design errors are in the specifications. This can only be overcome by making specifications executable.
Reduction of these design errors by using a single source for design meta-database followed by the automatic generation of design data.
Automatic generation of design data will increase the productivity as well as time-to-market.
Availability of tools to support the methodologies along with generation and easy maintenance of design meta-data without any overhead.
Support methodology to keep operating cost down for new or revised IP
Plug-and-Play IP library Support
Different methodologies to be supported for creating design.
It would be great to share your thoughts on user expectations which need to be addressed through design meta-data in the Platform Based Design approach ?
ESL includes modeling and simulation of architecture and function of the chip PLUS the system in which the chip is to be used. 60% of design errors are in specifications. This can only be overcome by making specifications executable. There are now some companies addressing the seamless design flow from ESL to RTL either by behaviorial synthesis or by equivalence checking. However, the maturity of their technology is not good enough to address all problems in a real engineering life.
Statistics might not be exact. The pointer here is to address most of the design problems by making specification executable.
