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Architectural Exploration - Quick Start Package (AE-QSP)

Library of basic modeling infrastructure that can be used to quick start Architectural Exploration activity

Following AE-QSP are available:

TLM-BUS Kit

• Convenience socket (Bus Independent)
  • Easy to use Convenience APIs
  • Hides complex TLM rules or complex bus protocol
  • Bus protocol independent
  • Abstraction Independent
  • Automatic DMI usage
  • Internally uses bus specific transport socket 
• Transport Socket (Bus Specific)
  • Bus protocol FSM implementation
  • Supports various abstraction levels. Extends TLM2.0
  • TL4: TLM2.0 LT
    • Entire burst is transmitted as a single entity
    • Two timing point representing start & end of transaction
  • TL3: TLM2.0 AT
    • Entire burst is transmitted as a single entity
    • Four timing points (begin_req, end_req, begin_resp, end_resp)
  • TL1: Bus specific cycle accurate TLM (by extending TLM2.0)
    • A burst is broken into individual beats equivalent to bus_width
    • A beat is transmitted as a single entity. Timing point after every beat   

Successfully deployed at Texas Instruments for their proprietary bus protocol. 
Can be extended for other bus protocols (AMBA AXI4, ACE, )

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