Institute for Communication Technologies and Embedded Systems

Area Optimization with Non-Linear Models in Core Mapping for System-on-Chips

Authors:
Joseph, J. M. ,  Ermel, D. ,  Drewes, T. ,  Bamberg, L. ,  García-Ortiz, A. ,  Pionteck, T.
Book Title:
8th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST)
Pages:
p.p. 1-4
Date:
2019
DOI:
10.1109/MOCAST.2019.8742035
hsb:
RWTH-2021-00466
Language:
English
Abstract:
Linear models are regularly used for mapping cores to tiles in a chip. System-on-Chip (SoC) design requires integration of functional units with varying sizes, but conventional models only account for identical-sized cores. Linear models cannot calculate the varying areas of cores in SoCs directly and must rely on approximations. We propose using non-linear models: Semi-definite programming (SDP) allows easy model definitions and achieves approximately 20% reduced area and up to 80% reduced white space. As computational time is similar to linear models, they can be applied, practically.
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