Process · Design & Architecture
Architectural exploration
The early phase in which candidate system structures, such as core counts, cache sizes, bus widths and accelerator choices, are modelled and compared against workload targets before any RTL is written.
- Also known as
- Design space exploration, DSE
- Type
- Process
- Domain
- Design & Architecture, SoC architecture
Notes
Decisions made here bound what any downstream implementation effort can achieve, which is why it attracts the most senior architects.
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