An XML format based integration infrastructure for IP based design

Abstract

IP based design comprises two main steps. First, a suitable IP has to be found. Second, the IP has to undergo further processing before it can be included in existing designs. Since IP providers use different formats and design tools require different parts of the IP for their services it is hard to find an IP format that satisfies and is exchangeable between all parties. This paper presents such a unified format. It can be used to search for, deliver and exchange IPs between the designer and external IP service providers. A tool chain based on the format was implemented and evaluated. The results prove its applicability.

An IP-XACT Library extended with verification information for functionality-based component selection

“…Commonly proprietary solutions are used within companies. Any newly acquired third-party IP is converted into this proprietary format (Visarius et al, 2003). Common standards are mostly limited to special purposes or certain levels of design abstraction (IEEE, 2005), (Si2, 2007).…”

Generic integration infrastructure for IP-based design processes and tools with a unified XML format

“…The IP Design Gate was developed as part of our research and allows communication with arbitrary IP Services based on the IPQ Format and the integration infrastructure described in the previous sections. For more detailed information we refer to [39]. Fig.…”