Reuse and protection of intellectual property in the SpecC system

— In system-level design, the key to cope with the complexities involved with System-on-Chip (SOC) designs, is the reuse of Intellectual Property (IP). With the increasing demand for IP, the mechanism to protect an IP component from being copied, modified, or reverse-engineered, becomes very important. This paper describes how reuse and protection of IP is supported by the SpecC language and the SpecC design environment.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: ASPDAC
• Authors: Rainer Dömer, Daniel Gajski
• Keywords: ASPDAC 2000, Hardware, Intellectual Property, IP Component, System-level Design