Visualizations for Understanding SoC Behaviour

This paper introduces a novel method of analysis for SoC development building upon commonly used tools and techniques to approximate and automate the human process of investigation. Knowledge of the interactions between components within a SoC is essential for understanding how a system works so the presented method provides a way of visualizing these interactions. The mathematical basis for the method is explained and justified, then the method is demonstrated using two representative case studies. Visualizations from the case studies are used to exhibit the usefulness of the method for system optimization, monitoring, and validation.