
List of Figures
1.1 Transistorsperdie[1]....................... 2
1.2 Design constraints in modern system-on-chip design [1]. . . . 3
1.3 Reliability as opposed to software complexity [14]. . . . . . . 5
1.4 Power consumption and its relation with performance [14]. . . 6
1.5 Conflicting interests in security [14]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 AXIwritetransaction....................... 21
2.2 AHB-Liteblockdiagram. .................... 24
2.3 Schematic view of the multilayer AHB interconnect. . . . . . 25
2.4 State diagram describing the operation of the
AMBAAPBbus.......................... 27
2.5 Schematic view of an AMBA system with trace and deb