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TFE02: Hardware software codesign with embedded systems

# Estimation and partitioning

Estimation and partitioning is important to evaluate the quality of an architecture. ## Architecture exploration ~~Architecture exploration is important to evaluate the quality of an architecture.~~

__Architecture exploration__ is the process of mapping out the hardware composition of a system. This is typically done at an early stage and may include a choice of processors, application specific hardware (such as ASICs), reprogrammable hardware (such as FPGAs) and memories. ## Partitioning Following architecture exploration is typically __partitioning__, where functionality of the application is grouped. The groups are mapped onto architectural components. # Multiprocessors and accelerators # Instruction set extensions # On-chip communication architechtures # Implementing embedded systems # Retargetable compilers # High Level Synthesis