Executable Specification of Novel Display Controllers

To address performance limitations and expand their applications range, emerging and mature display technologies rely on the design of novel display controllers. Under current modelling approaches, the functionality of these novel display controllers is simulated using behavioural models, whereas their performance is evaluated from an image assessment perspective. This paper proposes an executable specification approach to capture the design requirements, validate the intended functionality and evaluate the performance. Under this modelling approach, the operation of a display controller is captured as an instruction set and defined by transactional models using SystemC. A graphical user interface expands the control of the execution of the display controller while enabling a visual assessment of its performance.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: FDL
• Authors: David Antonio-Torres, Paul F. Newbury, Paul F. Lister
• Keywords: Display Controller, Display Technologies, FDL 2005, Performance Limitations