System Level Design of Reconfigurable Systems-on-chips

Describes in a consolidated way the results of a three-year research project, during which researchers from leading european industrial companies and research institutes have been working together. Contributors come from academia and industry, such companies as INTRACOM, VTT and Nokia being represented

Proposes brand new approaches based on SystemC and OCAPI-XL that explicitly handle issues related to reconfiguration at the system level

Introduces a design flow for designing reconfigurable systems-on-chip

Provides a comprehensive introduction to reconfigurable hardware and existing reconfigurable technologies

Presents examples on how reconfigurable hardware can be exploited for the development of complex systems

Provides useful feedback from the application of the proposed design flow and system level design methods on different real life design cases