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Gary Dare
Gary DareGeneral Manager um Space Codesign
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Summary of the IP-XACT Standard & SPIRIT Consortium Gary Leonard Dare Electrical Engineer in Electronics, Computing, and EDA présenté à École Polytechnique, Université de Montréal Sept. 2009 All non-published, non-public, non-excerpted content – Copyright Gary Dare
Gary Dare - résumé  Education B.Sc. - Manitoba (Winnipeg) Ph.D. - Columbia (New York City)  Professional Nortel: BNR (Toronto), RBN (Montréal) Motorola Labs (Chicago) Mentor Graphics Corporation (Portland, OR)  Delegate to SPIRIT Consortium, 2004-09
Outline  Overview  SPIRIT Consortium  IP-XACT Overview  IP-XACT Adoption  Post-SPIRIT World  Accellera-SPIRIT Merger  IEEE P1685 Standardization  Further Work  Some IP-XACT Shortcomings
Outline II  Sources  Intro to XML, DesignCon 2006 presentation  Organization Overview, July 2007  DAC 2007 presentation  DAC 2008 presentation  DAC 2009 presentation  Public sources (web pages, data sheets, etc.)  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/press/presentations
Main Themes  SPIRIT Consortium  Organization  Standards Development  Accellera Merger  IP-XACT  1.2 (RTL)  1.4 (RTL, ESL)  1.5 (IEEE P1685)  Industry Adoption
SPIRIT Consortium  Section 1
SPIRIT & IP-XACT  SPIRIT Consortium  standards organization  founded 2003 (inc. 2006)  merging with Accellera  IP-XACT  IP meta-data standard (original name: SPIRIT)  XML Schema  based on Platform Express 1.0 XML Schema (Mentor Graphics; donated 2003)
SPIRIT Scope  “Establish a set of IP and tool integration standards that enable proliferation of IP reuse through design automation.”  from Accellera-SPIRIT merger announcement meeting, DAC 2009  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/
SPIRIT Standards  IP-XACT  SystemRDL  RDL donation 2006 (Denali)  Release 1.0 (May 2009)  IP Tagging  from VSIA (organization dissolved, 2008)  IPP 1 3.0 Hard IP Tagging (orig. Artisan)  IPP 4 2.0 Soft IP Tagging  Tag reader/writer (orig. Freescale)
SPIRIT Members
SPIRIT Reviewing Members
SPIRIT Organization Structure
SPIRIT Operations: Technical Working Groups
IP-XACT Overview  Section 2
IP-XACT Overview 'databook'
Use Case for IP Providers
Use Case for Designers
Use Case for Design Automation  Use/Support elements of IP-XACT  Import IP Component Libraries  internal, external, 3 rd Party  Export/Transfer Designs  Interconnection of Standard Interfaces  Transaction (ESL) or Signal (RTL)  Execute Generators  functions to access data about components and designs (TGI)  generator chains to implement methdology  design flows for hardware and/or software
Introduction to XML  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/press/presentations  Presentations from DesignCon 2006  Introduction_to_XML.pdf
Why Use XML?  An open, machine readable metadata standard  Maintained by W3C (controls web standards)  http://www.w3c.org  XML enables cross-domain information processing tools from multiple vendors  storage in ASCII text  data interchange between incompatible systems  Backed by a wealth of tools and support  many libraries and development environments see Introduction_to_XML.pdf
IP-XACT XML Schema Highlights  Component  VLNV  Design  Channel  Bus and Abstraction Definitions  Generators  Abstractors  signals to/from transactions  XSL Transform  1.2 to 1.4  1.4 to 1.5
IP-XACT Component  Component describes an IP Object including data on:  VLNV  Bus Interfaces  based on Bus and Abstraction Definitions for Standard  Memory Map(s), Address Space(s)  Register Descriptions  Model  Ports – TLM or RTL signals (“wire ports”)  Filesets  all relevant sets of files for models, etc.  ESL, RTL, drivers, boot code, assertions, stimulus, etc.  Can be a leaf or hierarchical component
VLNV  VLNV uniquely identifies a component by specifying: Leon2 UART — Name <spirit:vendor>spiritconsortium.org</spirit:vendor> UART Timers <spirit:library>Leon2</spirit:library> UART — Version <spirit:name>UART</spirit:name> V1.0 V1.0 V1.0 <spirit:version>1.2</spirit:version> — Library ... UART — Vendor Lib1 V1.1 Lib2 - or ANY Vendor1 IP-XACT Object! UART Vendor2 V1.0 Lib2 from 20061205_IP-XACT_Worked_Examples_V1.2.pps – IP-SOC 2006
IP-XACT Design  Design documents a set of Components and Interconnections  Accompanied by one or more designConfig XML files  each contains configuration data for components present in the design file  A design can become a hierarchical component  must be referenced by an IP-XACT Component XML file
IP-XACT Channel Concept via Design Example  Simple subsystem: CPU, AHB-APB bus bridge, 2 peripherals, 2 interconnects  Channels implement interconnections  bus interfaces are mirrors of standard ports (Mirror-Master, Mirror-Slave)  based on Bus and Abstraction Definitions i_apbbus i_leon2Proc i_apbmst MS0 i_UART i_ahbbus M MS1 S S0 M MM0 MS0 S MM MM1 MS1 MS2 S1 MS3 S i_timers from 20061205_IP-XACT_Worked_Examples_V1.2.pps – IP-SOC 2006
Bus & Abstraction Definitions  Bus Definition  Identifies a named interconnection standard  e.g., AMBA AHB 2.0; OCP 2.1; IBM CoreConnect  Also extensions  e.g., OCP 2.x Profiles – block data, xbus read, etc.  Abstraction Definition  defines actual ports for an interconnect standard  references Bus Definition's VLNV  up to 1 transaction level definition (TLM/ESL)  up to 1 signal (wire) level definition (RTL)
IP-XACT Generator  TGI – Tight Generator Interface API  Independent of vendor and language  Consistent Data Access about an IP
A Word on Generators  IP-XACT TGI  General Purpose  Portable  Generator Chains access data according to IP designer intent (i.e., databook)  Proprietary Generators  Specific to IP provider and/or DE  not usually portable between EDA tools  IP Provider-specific support is selective  recognized by some DE's, ignored by other DE's  Powerful in supporting environment
IP-XACT Adoption  Section 3  Initial adoption focus at enterprise level  Large corporations with lots of IP  Great Recession started in late 2007 in the US, then went Global ...  Pockets not as deep after 2001 tech recession  Slow recovery to 2007 for high technology  Support for IP-XACT initiatives have stalled in many large companies  e.g., significant layoffs at NXP, ST, Infineon, Freescale, etc.  EDA firms are suffering because their Customers are suffering (credit crunch)
IP Providers  Design IP  ARM  Synopsys  DesignWare  ST*  NXP* (Philips Semiconductor)  Freescale* (Motorola Semiconductor/SPS)  etc.  Verification IP  Synopsys  DesignWare VIP  Yogitech * Distribution Controlled, Not Open Market  etc.
Design Environments (DE)  Magillem (Prosilog)  Duolog – Socrates  Synopsys – CoreTools (CoreAssembler, etc.)  CoWare – Platform Architect  also AMBA Designer (ARM/Axys)  Denali – Blueprint  PDTi – SpectaReg, etc. (Vancouver, BC)  NXP – NxBuilder (internal)  built on Mentor Graphics Platform Express  Mentor Graphics  Platform Express, Perspecta  HDL Designer IP-XACT Solution see IP-XACT_Adoption_DATE_2007_final.pdf
DE Common Characteristics  Import components, designs  Recognize bus and abstraction definitions  Export designs and/or hierarchical components  Packaging – generate IP-XACT XML for IP
Platform Express from Rapid Design Creation Using Configurable IP – Actel Niu, Mentor Graphics China
Platform Express Features  IP-XACT 1.2 (rel. 3.x), 1.4 (rel. 4.0 Beta)  Drag & Drop Design Assembly  Correct By Construction  Interconnection  scalable interconnection (vendor extension)  IP Configuration (static, dynamic)  Generators  IP-XACT 1.4 TGI  Native PX (vendor extension)  Platform Express XML Schema  vendor extension  IP Packager (Model Express)
IP-XACT Benefits seen by NXP
Post-SPIRIT World  Section 4  Accellera-SPIRIT Merger  IEEE P1685 Standardization  Further Work  Some IP-XACT Shortcomings
Accellera
Accellera Achievements
Accellera-SPIRIT Merger
IEEE P1685 Standardization  Based on IP-XACT 1.5  ratified in June 2009  SystemRDL-compatible Register Data  bug fixes, enhancements (structure, tag names)  For Standardization  NOT for Production  use IP-XACT 1.4 until P1685 1.0  Schedule  Unknown at Present  Last organizing meeting was 4 Oct 2007  http://www.eda.org/spirit-p1685/  Awaiting a re-start ...  On attends le recommencer ...
Further Work I  External Filesets  Multiple Models of an IP ...  can appear from Multiple Sources ...  at Different Times! Carbon C/C++ (TLM) @ T3 Original CPU - RTL Version Management (ARM, IBM, etc.) @ T1 Mentor Seamless @ T2 Problem for IP-XACT XML file of the IP ...
Further Work II  Hierarchy  hierarchical components composed of lower level components  designs become IP ... reusable subsystems  Issues  Port Mapping across levels  some ports may not exist in different views of lower level components!  Mixed Abstraction Levels  Single TLM model == RTL hierarchical component  no access to subcomponents (e.g., VIP probe ... for RTL!)  semantic rules may not be complete for this situation
Summary and Epilogue  SPIRIT Consortium had successful 7 years  Created two standards, adopted a third one  IP-XACT gained significant acceptance for IP reuse in platform-based design  But not wide first generation adoption (recession)  SPIRIT merger with Accellera combines IP metadata + language standard development  Language users are also IP-XACT adopters  IEEE P1685 standardization based on 1.5  IP-based design & reuse will be even more important in the coming New Normal  http://www.eetimes.com/hr/ ... for tech news
FIN  End ... of the Beginning!  Q&A  Merci!
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Spirit20090924poly

  • 1. Summary of the IP-XACT Standard & SPIRIT Consortium Gary Leonard Dare Electrical Engineer in Electronics, Computing, and EDA présenté à École Polytechnique, Université de Montréal Sept. 2009 All non-published, non-public, non-excerpted content – Copyright Gary Dare
  • 2. Gary Dare - résumé  Education B.Sc. - Manitoba (Winnipeg) Ph.D. - Columbia (New York City)  Professional Nortel: BNR (Toronto), RBN (Montréal) Motorola Labs (Chicago) Mentor Graphics Corporation (Portland, OR)  Delegate to SPIRIT Consortium, 2004-09
  • 3. Outline  Overview  SPIRIT Consortium  IP-XACT Overview  IP-XACT Adoption  Post-SPIRIT World  Accellera-SPIRIT Merger  IEEE P1685 Standardization  Further Work  Some IP-XACT Shortcomings
  • 4. Outline II  Sources  Intro to XML, DesignCon 2006 presentation  Organization Overview, July 2007  DAC 2007 presentation  DAC 2008 presentation  DAC 2009 presentation  Public sources (web pages, data sheets, etc.)  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/press/presentations
  • 5. Main Themes  SPIRIT Consortium  Organization  Standards Development  Accellera Merger  IP-XACT  1.2 (RTL)  1.4 (RTL, ESL)  1.5 (IEEE P1685)  Industry Adoption
  • 7. SPIRIT & IP-XACT  SPIRIT Consortium  standards organization  founded 2003 (inc. 2006)  merging with Accellera  IP-XACT  IP meta-data standard (original name: SPIRIT)  XML Schema  based on Platform Express 1.0 XML Schema (Mentor Graphics; donated 2003)
  • 8. SPIRIT Scope  “Establish a set of IP and tool integration standards that enable proliferation of IP reuse through design automation.”  from Accellera-SPIRIT merger announcement meeting, DAC 2009  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/
  • 9. SPIRIT Standards  IP-XACT  SystemRDL  RDL donation 2006 (Denali)  Release 1.0 (May 2009)  IP Tagging  from VSIA (organization dissolved, 2008)  IPP 1 3.0 Hard IP Tagging (orig. Artisan)  IPP 4 2.0 Soft IP Tagging  Tag reader/writer (orig. Freescale)
  • 14. IP-XACT Overview  Section 2
  • 15. IP-XACT Overview 'databook'
  • 16. Use Case for IP Providers
  • 17. Use Case for Designers
  • 18. Use Case for Design Automation  Use/Support elements of IP-XACT  Import IP Component Libraries  internal, external, 3 rd Party  Export/Transfer Designs  Interconnection of Standard Interfaces  Transaction (ESL) or Signal (RTL)  Execute Generators  functions to access data about components and designs (TGI)  generator chains to implement methdology  design flows for hardware and/or software
  • 19. Introduction to XML  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/  http://www.spiritconsortium.org/press/presentations  Presentations from DesignCon 2006  Introduction_to_XML.pdf
  • 20. Why Use XML?  An open, machine readable metadata standard  Maintained by W3C (controls web standards)  http://www.w3c.org  XML enables cross-domain information processing tools from multiple vendors  storage in ASCII text  data interchange between incompatible systems  Backed by a wealth of tools and support  many libraries and development environments see Introduction_to_XML.pdf
  • 21. IP-XACT XML Schema Highlights  Component  VLNV  Design  Channel  Bus and Abstraction Definitions  Generators  Abstractors  signals to/from transactions  XSL Transform  1.2 to 1.4  1.4 to 1.5
  • 22. IP-XACT Component  Component describes an IP Object including data on:  VLNV  Bus Interfaces  based on Bus and Abstraction Definitions for Standard  Memory Map(s), Address Space(s)  Register Descriptions  Model  Ports – TLM or RTL signals (“wire ports”)  Filesets  all relevant sets of files for models, etc.  ESL, RTL, drivers, boot code, assertions, stimulus, etc.  Can be a leaf or hierarchical component
  • 23. VLNV  VLNV uniquely identifies a component by specifying: Leon2 UART — Name <spirit:vendor>spiritconsortium.org</spirit:vendor> UART Timers <spirit:library>Leon2</spirit:library> UART — Version <spirit:name>UART</spirit:name> V1.0 V1.0 V1.0 <spirit:version>1.2</spirit:version> — Library ... UART — Vendor Lib1 V1.1 Lib2 - or ANY Vendor1 IP-XACT Object! UART Vendor2 V1.0 Lib2 from 20061205_IP-XACT_Worked_Examples_V1.2.pps – IP-SOC 2006
  • 24. IP-XACT Design  Design documents a set of Components and Interconnections  Accompanied by one or more designConfig XML files  each contains configuration data for components present in the design file  A design can become a hierarchical component  must be referenced by an IP-XACT Component XML file
  • 25. IP-XACT Channel Concept via Design Example  Simple subsystem: CPU, AHB-APB bus bridge, 2 peripherals, 2 interconnects  Channels implement interconnections  bus interfaces are mirrors of standard ports (Mirror-Master, Mirror-Slave)  based on Bus and Abstraction Definitions i_apbbus i_leon2Proc i_apbmst MS0 i_UART i_ahbbus M MS1 S S0 M MM0 MS0 S MM MM1 MS1 MS2 S1 MS3 S i_timers from 20061205_IP-XACT_Worked_Examples_V1.2.pps – IP-SOC 2006
  • 26. Bus & Abstraction Definitions  Bus Definition  Identifies a named interconnection standard  e.g., AMBA AHB 2.0; OCP 2.1; IBM CoreConnect  Also extensions  e.g., OCP 2.x Profiles – block data, xbus read, etc.  Abstraction Definition  defines actual ports for an interconnect standard  references Bus Definition's VLNV  up to 1 transaction level definition (TLM/ESL)  up to 1 signal (wire) level definition (RTL)
  • 27. IP-XACT Generator  TGI – Tight Generator Interface API  Independent of vendor and language  Consistent Data Access about an IP
  • 28. A Word on Generators  IP-XACT TGI  General Purpose  Portable  Generator Chains access data according to IP designer intent (i.e., databook)  Proprietary Generators  Specific to IP provider and/or DE  not usually portable between EDA tools  IP Provider-specific support is selective  recognized by some DE's, ignored by other DE's  Powerful in supporting environment
  • 29. IP-XACT Adoption  Section 3  Initial adoption focus at enterprise level  Large corporations with lots of IP  Great Recession started in late 2007 in the US, then went Global ...  Pockets not as deep after 2001 tech recession  Slow recovery to 2007 for high technology  Support for IP-XACT initiatives have stalled in many large companies  e.g., significant layoffs at NXP, ST, Infineon, Freescale, etc.  EDA firms are suffering because their Customers are suffering (credit crunch)
  • 30. IP Providers  Design IP  ARM  Synopsys  DesignWare  ST*  NXP* (Philips Semiconductor)  Freescale* (Motorola Semiconductor/SPS)  etc.  Verification IP  Synopsys  DesignWare VIP  Yogitech * Distribution Controlled, Not Open Market  etc.
  • 31. Design Environments (DE)  Magillem (Prosilog)  Duolog – Socrates  Synopsys – CoreTools (CoreAssembler, etc.)  CoWare – Platform Architect  also AMBA Designer (ARM/Axys)  Denali – Blueprint  PDTi – SpectaReg, etc. (Vancouver, BC)  NXP – NxBuilder (internal)  built on Mentor Graphics Platform Express  Mentor Graphics  Platform Express, Perspecta  HDL Designer IP-XACT Solution see IP-XACT_Adoption_DATE_2007_final.pdf
  • 32. DE Common Characteristics  Import components, designs  Recognize bus and abstraction definitions  Export designs and/or hierarchical components  Packaging – generate IP-XACT XML for IP
  • 33. Platform Express from Rapid Design Creation Using Configurable IP – Actel Niu, Mentor Graphics China
  • 34. Platform Express Features  IP-XACT 1.2 (rel. 3.x), 1.4 (rel. 4.0 Beta)  Drag & Drop Design Assembly  Correct By Construction  Interconnection  scalable interconnection (vendor extension)  IP Configuration (static, dynamic)  Generators  IP-XACT 1.4 TGI  Native PX (vendor extension)  Platform Express XML Schema  vendor extension  IP Packager (Model Express)
  • 36. Post-SPIRIT World  Section 4  Accellera-SPIRIT Merger  IEEE P1685 Standardization  Further Work  Some IP-XACT Shortcomings
  • 40. IEEE P1685 Standardization  Based on IP-XACT 1.5  ratified in June 2009  SystemRDL-compatible Register Data  bug fixes, enhancements (structure, tag names)  For Standardization  NOT for Production  use IP-XACT 1.4 until P1685 1.0  Schedule  Unknown at Present  Last organizing meeting was 4 Oct 2007  http://www.eda.org/spirit-p1685/  Awaiting a re-start ...  On attends le recommencer ...
  • 41. Further Work I  External Filesets  Multiple Models of an IP ...  can appear from Multiple Sources ...  at Different Times! Carbon C/C++ (TLM) @ T3 Original CPU - RTL Version Management (ARM, IBM, etc.) @ T1 Mentor Seamless @ T2 Problem for IP-XACT XML file of the IP ...
  • 42. Further Work II  Hierarchy  hierarchical components composed of lower level components  designs become IP ... reusable subsystems  Issues  Port Mapping across levels  some ports may not exist in different views of lower level components!  Mixed Abstraction Levels  Single TLM model == RTL hierarchical component  no access to subcomponents (e.g., VIP probe ... for RTL!)  semantic rules may not be complete for this situation
  • 43. Summary and Epilogue  SPIRIT Consortium had successful 7 years  Created two standards, adopted a third one  IP-XACT gained significant acceptance for IP reuse in platform-based design  But not wide first generation adoption (recession)  SPIRIT merger with Accellera combines IP metadata + language standard development  Language users are also IP-XACT adopters  IEEE P1685 standardization based on 1.5  IP-based design & reuse will be even more important in the coming New Normal  http://www.eetimes.com/hr/ ... for tech news
  • 44. FIN  End ... of the Beginning!  Q&A  Merci!