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Part II CST SoC D/M Slide Pack 3 (Design Partition)
Architectural Design: Partition and Exploration
H/W Design Partition
H/W versus S/W Design Partition Principles
An old partitioning example: An external RS-232/POTS Modem.
Typical Radio/ Wireless Link Structure.
Partitioning example: A Bluetooth Module.
Structured ASIC
Super FPGAs: Example Xilinx Zynq
Legacy H/W S/W Design Partition
An old example example: The Cambridge Fast Ring two chip set.
Masked versus Reconfigurable Technology \& Computing
Chip Types and Classifications
ASIC - Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
Semi-custom (cell-based) Design Approach
Cell Library Tour
ASIC Costs: RE and NRE.
Gate Arrays and Field-Programmable Logic.
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
Circuit Switching