Computers as Components, 2nd Edition

360 CHAPTER 7 Multiprocessors

buses implement test-and-set atomic operations that the accelerator can use for the

semaphore operation.

7.2.2 System Integration and Debugging

Design of an accelerated system requires both designing your own components and

interfacing them to a hardware platform. It is usually a good policy to separately

debug the basic interface between the accelerator and the rest of the system before

integrating the full accelerator into the platform.

Hardware/software co-simulation can be very useful in accelerator design.

Because the co-simulator allows you to run software relatively efficiently along-

side a hardware simulation,it