Alternative: El Greco design flow

Hardware

Implement-

ation

System Integration and Verification

(System Test - Hardware & Software)

Refinement

(e.g. Float to Fixed)

Software

Implement-

ation

System-level

HW-SW

Coverification

Models

Algorithm/Protocol

Design/Capture/Verify

Manual

Partitioning

System designer

controls HW-SW codesign

- El Greco

shortens the loop

C/C++

Alternative is synthesis from a very high-level description -

e.g. El Greco/Synopsys

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