A Virtual Socket Framework for Rapid Emulation of Video and Multimedia Designs

Traditional design and test of complex multimedia systems involves a large number of test vectors and is a difficult and time-consuming task. The simulation times are prohibitively long on current desktop computers. Driving actual design scenarios and timing burst behavior which produce real-time effects is difficult to do with current simulation environments. This paper describes a rapid emulation framework for accessing multiple hardware IP n an FPGA. This solution involves an abstraction of the FPGA platform by having a virtual socket layer that resides between the design and the test vehicles. A rapid prototyping platform is thus created, and its use with complex video and multimedia systems is described.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICMCS
• Authors: Paul R. Schumacher, Marco Mattavelli, Adrian Chirila-Rus, Robert D. Turney
• Keywords: Complex Multimedia Systems, ICMCS 2005, Multimedia Systems, Rapid Prototyping Platform