Acronym · Design & Architecture
ESL (Electronic System Level)
Design and modelling above RTL, where hardware and software are represented at transaction or algorithmic level to explore architecture and enable early software development.
- Also known as
- System level design
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Design & Architecture, Modelling and ESL
Notes
The term dates from the 2000s; the practices survived under the names virtual prototyping and architectural modelling.
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