VCore-based design methodology

The VCore [1](*) based design methodology, which has been developed at the VCDS (**) Project, is a SoC design methodology using VCores. A VCore is a reusable, high level abstracted design component. We have developed the VCore based design methodology and the VCDS tool prototype. We used the developed tool and did a trial SoC design. The design result showed that SoC design productivity improved using the proposed methodology.VCDS: Virtual Core based Design SystemVCore: Virtual Core

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