Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips

15.5. Conclusions

No single chapter can summarize in detail the many MoCs that have been associated with SoCs. Instead, we attempted to provide a means of assessing specific MoCs according to a new classification scheme drawn from a broad historical perspective and projections about the nature of future SoC designs. We introduced familiar MoCs classified according to typical categories of synchronous versus asynchronous and timed versus untimed. More importantly, beyond that we proposed that there are classes of MoCs that have very different purposes; these can be as broad as to include models of types of computer artifacts as well as design tools. Most computer artifacts and design tools are conceived, developed, and used broadly with little ...