Electronic System Level First there was Design and Verification Now there is Models and their Application Acronyms
	AES - Advanced Encryption Standard AMBA – Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture AHB - Advanced High-performance Bus AMP - Asymmetric Multi-Processing API - Application Programming Interface ASIC - Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASIP - Application-Specific Instruction set Processor AT - Approximately Timed AV - Algorithmic View or Application View AVM - Advanced Verification Methodology AXI – Advanced eXtensible Interface BCA - Bus Cycle Accurate BFM - Bus Functional Model CAD - Computer Aided Design CDT - C/C++ Development Toolkit DASC - Design Automation Standards Committee DCT - Discrete Cosine Transform DDF Dynamic DataFlow DLL - Dynamic Linked Library DMA- Direct Memory Access DMI - Direct Memory Interface DPI - Direct Programming Interface DSL - Digital Subscriber Line DSP - Digital Signal Processor DTD - Document Type Definition ECIX - Electronic Component Information eXchange EDA - Electronic Design Automation EDK - Embedded Development Kit EHCI - Enhanced Host Controller Interface ESL – Electronic System Level eRM - e Reuse Methodology FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing FIFO – First In First Out FIR - Finite Impulse Response FLIX - FLexible Instruction eXtensions FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array FPU - Floating POint Unit FSM - Finite State Machine GP - Generic Payload GUI - Graphical User Interface HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer HDL – Hardware Description Language HVL - Hardware Verification Language HW/SW - HardWare/SoftWare ICE - In-Circuit Emulator IDCT - Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform IDE - Integrated Development Environment IJG - Independent JPEG Group IP – Intellectual Property IPCM - Incisive® Plan-to-Closure Methodology ISA - Instruction Set Architecture ISR - Interrupt Service Routine ISS – Instruction Set Simulator ITF - Interpret-Translate-Feedback JIT - Just In Time JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group KPN - Kahn Process Network LAU - Least Addressable Unit LT - Loosely Timed LTE - Long Term Evolution MAC - Multiply ACcumulate MIMO - Multiple-Input Multiple-Output MOC - Model Of Computation. Sometimes written MoC NOC - Network On Chip. Sometimes written NoC. NRE - Non-recurring Engineering OCP - Open Core Protocol OCP-IP - Open Core Protocol International Partnership OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OS - Operating System OSCI - Open SystemC Initiative OPB - On-chip Peripheral Bus or Open Peripheral Bus OTG - On-The-Go OVM - Open Verification Methodology PBD - Platform Based Design PLB - Processor Local Bus PLD - Programmable Logic Device PLI - Program Language Interface PSL - Property Specification Language PV - Programmer’s View PV+T or PVT- Programmer’s View plus Timing RAM - Random Access Memory RASSP - Rapid-prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors RDL - Register Description Language RMS - Root Mean Square ROI - Return-On-Investment. Sometimes called RoI RTL - Register Transfer Level RTOS - Real Time Operating System SAHE - Software Accessible Hardware Elements SCE-MI - Standard Co-Emulation – Modeling Interface SCV - SystemC Verification library SDK - Software Development Kit SDL - Specification and Description Language SEC - Sequential Equivalence Checking SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data SLVP - System-Level Virtual Prototype synonymous with functional prototype or virtual system prototype SMP - Symmetric Multi-Processing SNR - Signal-to-Noise Ratio SoC – System on Chip. Sometimes called SOC. SPIRIT - Structure for Packaging, Integrating and Re-using IP with Tools-flows consortium SQNR - Signal-to-Quantization Noise Ratio STL - Standard Template Library SVA - SystemVerilog Assertions TIE - Tensilica Instruction Extension TL - Transaction Level TLI - Transaction Level Interface TLM - Transaction Level Modeling TLP - Transaction Level Platform TME – Technical Marketing Engineer URM - Universal Reuse Methodology USB – Universal Serial Bus UML - Universal Modelling Language VCT DWG - Virtual Component Transfer Development Working Group VCX - Virtual Component eXchange VHDL - VHSIC hardware description language VHPI - VHDL Procedural Interface VIP - Verification IP VLIW - Very Long Instruction Word processor VRE - Virtual platform Runtime Environment VSIA - Virtual Socket Interface Alliance VMM - Verification Methodology Manual VSP - Virtual System Prototype synonymous with functional prototype or system-level virtual prototype VV - Verification View XCL - Xilinx Cache Link XML - eXtensible Markup Language XPG - Xtensa Processor Generator
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