Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips

15.4. Modeling Environment for Software and Hardware

Again, any article written that compares and contrasts MoCs is most likely to have been written by those that either have their favorite, or who have developed one. We are no exception. In this section, we discuss the semantic and modeling basis of our modeling environment for software and hardware (MESH) [653–655]. Currently, MESH is the foundation for a new form of simulation. Thus we consider it the basis for a new design tool that will permit designers to architect more efficiently the next generation of computing devices made possible by SoCs. Eventually, MESH will be developed to include a new language and associated design tools and methodologies.

MESH acknowledges that all programmable ...