Framework for efficient cosimulation and fast prototyping on multi-components with AAA methodology: LAR codec study case

Real-time signal and image applications have significant time constraints involving the use of several powerful calculation units. Programmable multi-component architectures have proven to be a suitable solution combining flexibility and computation power. This paper presents a methodology for the fast design of signal and image processing applications. In a unified framework, application modeling, cosimulation and fast implementation onto parallel heterogeneous architectures are enabled and help to reduce time-to-market. Moreover, automatic code generation provides a high abstraction level for users. Finally, the worthwhile nature of Matlab/C language cosimulation is illustrated on a still image codec named LAR.

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