Rapid System Design with Dedicated Architectures and Specific Software Tools

Dear Colleagues,

System design has been under pressure for the last few decades due to increasing time constraints, even with the emergence of new design methodologies and tools. Therefore, there is still room for improvement, both in terms of (1) dedicated architectures that could be rapidly built and validated, and (2) specific software design tools that help in accelerating design. Dedicated architectures include new features in computing units or original application mapping based on multiprocessor and NoC architectures. Software design tools concern new system design optimizations in the design process or new design methodologies. Such research activities should lead to a more Rapid System Design process.

This Special Issue seeks original contributions on this research topic, encompassing a wide scope, ranging from MPSoC and GPU-based system design and validation for high performance computing, to hardware platforms and approaches for simulation acceleration. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Emerging technologies, devices and applications
• Prototyping of embedded systems for real-time, low power and flexibility
• Virtualization, prototyping and platforms
• Formal methods and verification/validation
• Reliability and failure analysis
• Safety and design of critical systems
• Methods and tools for reconfigurable computing
• MPSoC and GPU-based system design and challenges
• Rapid design approaches for application-specific processors

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Nicolescu
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Rousseau
Prof. Dr. Amer Baghdadi
Guest Editors

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