ABSTRACT
The objective of designing a complete system on a single chip has resulted in the complexity increase of application-specific integrated circuits (IC), application-specific standard parts, and very-large scale IC. The system on a chip (SoC) digital section essentially requires microprocessors, digital signal processors, memories, and control logics. Mixed-signal building blocks should be designed for reuse. The most important issues are then related to the integration of analog and digital sections. The methodologies of top-down design and bottom-up verification are well-accepted standards in the digital domain. With the increase in the density and complexity of mixed-signal IC, more complex measuring devices are required to meet ever more severe test specifications. The programmable platform-based design emerges as a viable approach for the SoC implementation, and the optimal power/performance is dependent on the trade-off between hardware and software. The viable development of SoCs should take into account aspects of the design, manufacturing and test at all abstraction levels.
