Henry Chang & Grant Martin 
Winning the SoC Revolution 
Experiences in Real Design

In 1998-99, at the dawn of the So C Revolution, we wrote Surviving the SOC Revolution: A Guide to Platform Based Design. In that book, we focused on presenting guidelines and best practices to aid engineers beginning to design complex System-on-Chip devices (So Cs). Now, in 2003, facing the mid-point of that revolution, we believe that it is time to focus on winning.In this book, Winning the So C Revolution: Experiences in Real Design, we gather the best practical experiences in how to design So Cs from the most advanced design groups, while setting the issues and techniques in the context of So C design methodologies. As an edited volume, this book has contributions from the leading design houses who are winning in So Cs — Altera, ARM, IBM, Philips, TI, UC Berkeley, and Xilinx. These chapters present the many facets of So C design — the platform based approach, how to best utilize IP, Verification, FPGA fabrics as an alternative to ASICs, and next generation process technology issues. We also include observations from Ron Wilson of CMP Media on best practices for So C design team collaboration. We hope that by utilizing this book, you too, will win the So C Revolution.