Guo, YuanbinMcCain, Dennis2007-10-312007-10-312005-02-012005-02-01Y. Guo and D. McCain, "Untimed-C based SoC Architecture Design Space Exploration for 3G and Beyond Wireless Systems," 2005.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19931Conference PaperIn this paper, we propose an un-timed C/C++ level verification methodology that integrates key technologies for truly high-level VLSI modelling to keep pace with the explosive complexity of SoC designs in the 3G and beyond wireless communications. A Catapult C/C++ based architecture scheduler transfers the major workload to the algorithmic C/C++ fixed-point design. Case study is given to explore the VLSI design space extensively for various types of computational intensive algorithms in MIMO-CDMA systems, such as a MIMO equalizer to avoid the Direct-Matrix-Inverse. Extensive time/area tradeoff study is enabled with different architecture and resource constraints in a short design cycle. Architecture efficiency and productivity are improved significantly, enabling truly rapid prototyping for the 3G and beyond wireless systems.engUntimed-Cdesign space exploration3G and beyondSoCConference paperUntimed-Cdesign space exploration3G and beyondSoC