Such platforms enable software development for the SoC to start many months earlier when compared with a traditional flow, using prototypes or emulators, which requires the RTL to be available. These ...

To illustrate that point it's useful to examine in detail all aspects of a typical FPGA SoC design flow: processor selection and design, verification, synthesis, floor planning, routing and debugging.

EE Times: Latest News ESL-based flow eases complex SoC design: Rindert Schutten (06/07/2004 9:00 AM EDT) ... On the other hand, the testbench needs to interact with the software running on the ...