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Introduction
Jos´eL.Ayala
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
CONTENTS
1.1 Today’s Market for Systems-on-Chip ..................................... 1
1.2 Basics of the System-on-Chip Design ..................................... 3
1.2.1 Main Characteristics of the Design Flow ......................... 4
1.2.1.1 Interoperability .......................................... 4
1.2.2 Reliability ......................................................... 5
1.2.3 Power Consumption ............................................... 5
1.2.4 Security ............................................................ 6
1.2.5 Limitations of the Current Engineering Practices ...