Hardware/Software Design Partition.

.par Example: if we are designing a digital camera, how many processors should it have and can the steadicam and motion estimation processing be done in software ? Would a hardware implementation use less silicon and less battery power?

• The functions of a system can be expressed in a programming language or similar form and this can be compiled fully to hardware or left partly as software
• Choosing what to do in hardware and what to do in software is a key decision. Hardware gives speed (throughput) but software supports complexity and flexibility.
• Partitioning of logic over chips or processors is motivated by interconnection bandwidth, raw processing speed, technology and module reuse.