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Abstract
Codesign is the Integrated design of system implementation
using both hardware and software components. It is applied to
tightly coupled systems with hardware and software modules that
interact to solve a certain task. HW /SW Codesign differs from
conventional approaches of the design in that it continuously relates
the hardware development cycle to the software one. Hence
decisions made at the hardware design effect software design
activities and vice versa. The HW /SW codesign techniques·can be
used for many applications. These applications include: speedup of
software execution, design of cost-effective systems, embedded
systems and controllers, etc.
In our work we review the concept of HW/SW codesign, its
applications and its methodologies. Then we select the speedup of
software algorithms as an application and we propose a codesign
methodology for it. Some tools are built and others are modified to
build a framework for our proposed methodology. Also a.general
purpose accelerator is built, to be used for the HW pa.rt. Finally,
we select a case study and we apply our methodology for it.