Research and Development of Advanced Design Technology for SoC

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#666666" link="#666666" vlink="#666666" alink="#ff0000"> <p><a name="2nedo01"></a></p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#990000" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#a80259"><font color="#ffffff" size="6"><font color="#ffffff" size="5"><b>Research and Development of Advanced Design Technology for SoC</b></font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2"><font color="#000000"><b><font size="4">New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)</font></b></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><font color="#000000"><b><font size="4"><font size="4">Contractor</font>:Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC)</font></b></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p align="right">Source: NEDO</p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo02"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="5">Research and Development Contents and Goal</font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><font size="3">We are doing research and development of an advanced design technology to increase SoC design productivity. An SoC (System on a Chip) is a very large integrated circuit.<br> Our mission is to create a reuse based design methodology by introducing the VCore concept, and to develop its design system (VCDS: Virtual Core based Design System).<br> Our goals are:<br> </font> <ul> <li><font size="3">To increase design productivity of SoCs by 20 times in 2005, reusing 90% of the design</font>. <li><font size="3">To increase design productivity of SoCs by 100 times in 2010, reusing 99% of the design.</font> </ul> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo03"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="5">What is an SoC?</font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3">An SoC is an LSI which integrates various functions of a system into one chip.</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>EX. Wearable Computer</p> <p></p> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo04"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font color="#000000" size="5">Social needs and roles of SoC in the future</font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3">The SoC will be the key technology for the infrastructure of the future social system</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img03.gif" width="415" height="333" border="0" alt="Social needs and roles of SoC in the future "></p> <p align="right">Source: Professor Hiroto Yasuura at Kyushu University</p> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo05"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="5">What is a VCore?</font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><font size="3">A VCore is a reusable functional block described at a high-level of abstraction, such as system and architectural levels, and whose internal functions and interface specification are parameterized.<br> There are three types of VCores defined: function VCore (Function VCore), hardware VCore (Hardware VCore), and software VCore (Software VCore).</font></p> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo06"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="5">Influence on the SoC design</font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><font size="3">When the VCDS is implemented, we expect drastic improvements in SoC's design productivity and design time.<br> As a result the VCDS can contribute to the function and performance improvement of information and communications devices carrying an SoC.</font></p> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo07"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="4"><font size="5">Virtual Core based Design System (VCDS)</font></font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" align="center"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"><font color="#a80259">■</font><b><font size="3" color="#000000">System Specification</font></b><br> <br> <font size="3">System Modeling at System Level using Function VCore</font></td> <td align="right"><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img04.gif" width="298" height="186" border="0" alt="Virtual Core based Design System (VCDS)"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="bottom" colspan="2"> <hr size="1" noshade> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"><font color="#a80259">■</font><font size="3" color="#000000"><b>Architectural Exploration</b></font><br> <br> <font size="3" color="#000000">Architecture Exploration using Software VCore and Hardware VCore<br> <br> <font color="#a80259">■</font><b>Hardware/<br> Software Synthesis</b><br> <br> Synthesis of VCore and Interface between VCores</font></td> <td align="right"><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img05.gif" width="302" height="221" border="0" alt="Virtual Core based Design System (VCDS)"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" colspan="2"> <hr size="1" noshade> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"><b><font size="3" color="#000000">Design and manufacturing of LSI</font></b></td> <td align="right"><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img06.gif" width="289" height="141" border="0" alt="Virtual Core based Design System (VCDS)"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img07.gif" width="77" height="430" border="0" alt="Virtual Core based Design System (VCDS)"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo08"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="4"><font size="5">Advantages of Virtual Core Based Design System</font></font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3">Improvement of design productivity by reusing VCores and high-level design methodology</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img08.gif" width="405" height="171" border="0" alt="Advantages of Virtual Core Based Design System"></td> <td width="100%"><font size="3">Registration of new VCores</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><font size="3">SoC design productivity improvement by reusing VCores</font></p> <p><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img09.gif" width="247" height="134" border="0" alt="Advantages of Virtual Core Based Design System"></p> <p><font size="3">Time-to-market reduction of new information and communications electronic devices</font></p> <p><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img10.gif" width="335" height="133" border="0" alt="Advantages of Virtual Core Based Design System"></p> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo09"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="4"><font size="5">Organization of Research and Development</font></font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img11.gif" width="580" height="423" border="0" alt="Organization of Research and Development"></p> <p><br> </p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a name="2nedo10"><b><font size="4" color="#000000"><font size="4"><font size="5">Research and Development Schedule</font></font></font></b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" bgcolor="#a80259"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><img src="../../../../kaihatu/vcdsgr/project_e/image/2img12.gif" width="426" height="134" border="0" alt="Research and Development Schedule"></p> <p><br> </p> <p><font size="3" color="#000000"><i><font size="3"><font size="4">New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)</font><br> <br> Sunshine 60 Bldg. 3-1-1 Higashi Ikebukuro, <br> Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-6028, Japan <br> TEL:+81-3-3987-9388FAX:+81-3-3987-9396</font>URL:<a href="http://www.nedo.go.jp/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration : none;color : purple;">http//www.nedo.go.jp/</span></a></i></font></p> <p><font size="3" color="#000000"><i><font size="3"><font size="4">Contractor<br> Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC)</font><br> <br> 6F Yusen Shin Yokohama Bldg. <br> 17-2, Shin Yokohama 3-chome, Kohoku-ku, <br> Yokohama, 222-0033 Japan<br> TEL:+81-45-478-3300FAX:+81-45-478-3310</font>URL:<span style="color : black;text-decoration : none;"><a href="http://www.starc.or.jp/" style="text-decoration : none;color : purple;" target="_top">http//www.starc.or.jp/</a></span></i></font></p> </body>