System performance optimization

Architecture and design decisions are often driven by performance goals, but early in the design cycles, performance trade-offs can only be estimated. In order to make sure that the correct design decisions have been made, it's necessary to measure the exact performance using the most accurate models possible. Carbon Model Studio and Carbon SoC Designer Plus enable users to create models and platforms that are 100% accurate to the actual implementation and validate the architectural decisions.

Performance measurements depend on accuracy

Your performance measurements are only as accurate as the models with which they are made.  Statistical estimates, historical data and other methods, can provide good generalizations about system performance, but if your system has tight software loops, performance repetitive tasks, or processes streaming data, the cost of a single cache miss, or even an extra instruction can be multiplied and cause missed performance goals.  The only way to achieve certainty in your performance data, is to measure using models and systems that are accurate to your final implementation.

Carbon solutions provide the most accurate analysis

 Using Carbon Soc Designer Plus and Carbon Model Studio, architects can now prove their design assumptions before a major commitment has been made to the design implementation.

• Create the cycle-accurate system models required for detailed architectural analysis and explore the performance impact of hardware/software trade-offs
• Measure interconnect performance of complex bus architectures using actual system behavior to drive traffic
• Quickly and easily make changes and explore design space alternatives before committing to an implementation

Carbon's modeling solutions have the flexibility to meet all of your modeling needs, from TLM 2.0 transaction level modeling, to implementation accurate modeling derived directly from the RTL.

For more information about Carbon SoC Designer Plus and Carbon Model Studio, contact your local Carbon office today.