... 64-point FFT and BWtransmitting of a single SCI ring is 934.3 MBytes/sec which satisfies Eq. (78. 15). Using 5 i860s, thec1999 by CRC Press LLC RapidDesignandPrototypingofDSPSystemsT.Egolf,M.Pettigrew,J.Debardelaben,R.Hezar,S.Famorzadeh,A.Kavipurapu,M.Khan,Lan-RongDung,K.Balemarthy,N.Desai,Yong-kyuJung ,and V.MadisettiGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology 78. 1Introduction 78. 2SurveyofPreviousResearch 78. 3InfrastructureCriteriafortheDesignFlow 78. 4TheExecutableRequirementAnExecutableRequirementsExample:MPEG-1Decoder 78. 5TheExecutableSpecicationAnExecutableSpecicationExample:MPEG-1Decoder 78. 6DataandControlFlowModelingDataandControlFlowExample 78. 7ArchitecturalDesignCostModelsãArchitecturalDesignModel 78. 8PerformanceModelingandArchitectureVericationAPerformanceModelingExample:SCINetworksãDetermin-isticPerformanceAnalysisforSCIãDSPDesignCase:SingleSensorMultipleProcessor(SSMP) 78. 9FullyFunctionalandInterfaceModelingandHardwareVirtualPrototypesDesignExample:I/OProcessorforHandlingMPEGDataStream 78. 10SupportforLegacySystems 78. 11ConclusionsAcknowledgmentsReferencesTheRapidPrototypingofApplication-SpecicSignalProcessors(RASSP)[1,2,3]pro-gramoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense(ARPAandTri-Services)targetsa4Xim-provementinthedesign ,prototyping, manufacturing,andsupportprocesses(relativetocurrentpractice).Basedonacurrentpracticestudy(1993)[4],theprototypingtimefromsystemrequirementsdenitiontoproductionanddeployment,ofmultiboardsig-nalprocessors,isbetween3 7and7 3months.Outofthistime,25to49monthsaredevotedtodetailedhardware/software(HW/SW)designandintegration(with10to24monthsdevotedtothelattertaskofintegration).Withtheutilizationofapromisingtop-downhardware-lesscodesignmethodologybasedonVHDLmodelsofHW/SWcomponentsatmultipleabstractions,reductionindesigntimehasbeenshownespe-ciallyintheareaofhardware/softwareintegration[5].Theauthorsdescribeatop-downdesignapproachinVHDLstartingwiththecaptureofsystemrequirementsinanexe-cutableformandthroughsuccessivestagesofdesignrenement,endingwithadetailedc1999byCRCPressLLC ... and Vahid, F., Specification and design of embedded hardware-software systems, IEEE Design & Test of Computers,pp. 53-67, Spring 1995.[14] DeBardelaben, J. and Madisetti, V., Hardware/software ... RapidDesignandPrototypingofDSPSystemsT.Egolf,M.Pettigrew,J.Debardelaben,R.Hezar,S.Famorzadeh,A.Kavipurapu,M.Khan,Lan-RongDung,K.Balemarthy,N.Desai,Yong-kyuJung ,and V.MadisettiGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology 78. 1Introduction 78. 2SurveyofPreviousResearch 78. 3InfrastructureCriteriafortheDesignFlow 78. 4TheExecutableRequirementAnExecutableRequirementsExample:MPEG-1Decoder 78. 5TheExecutableSpecicationAnExecutableSpecicationExample:MPEG-1Decoder 78. 6DataandControlFlowModelingDataandControlFlowExample 78. 7ArchitecturalDesignCostModelsãArchitecturalDesignModel 78. 8PerformanceModelingandArchitectureVericationAPerformanceModelingExample:SCINetworksãDetermin-isticPerformanceAnalysisforSCIãDSPDesignCase:SingleSensorMultipleProcessor(SSMP) 78. 9FullyFunctionalandInterfaceModelingandHardwareVirtualPrototypesDesignExample:I/OProcessorforHandlingMPEGDataStream 78. 10SupportforLegacySystems 78. 11ConclusionsAcknowledgmentsReferencesTheRapidPrototypingofApplication-SpecicSignalProcessors(RASSP)[1,2,3]pro-gramoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense(ARPAandTri-Services)targetsa4Xim-provementinthedesign ,prototyping, manufacturing,andsupportprocesses(relativetocurrentpractice).Basedonacurrentpracticestudy(1993)[4],theprototypingtimefromsystemrequirementsdenitiontoproductionanddeployment,ofmultiboardsig-nalprocessors,isbetween3 7and7 3months.Outofthistime,25to49monthsaredevotedtodetailedhardware/software(HW/SW)designandintegration(with10to24monthsdevotedtothelattertaskofintegration).Withtheutilizationofapromisingtop-downhardware-lesscodesignmethodologybasedonVHDLmodelsofHW/SWcomponentsatmultipleabstractions,reductionindesigntimehasbeenshownespe-ciallyintheareaofhardware/softwareintegration[5].Theauthorsdescribeatop-downdesignapproachinVHDLstartingwiththecaptureofsystemrequirementsinanexe-cutableformandthroughsuccessivestagesofdesignrenement,endingwithadetailedc1999byCRCPressLLC...