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The RASSP design process is based on true HW/SW codesign and is no longer partitioned by discipline (e.g. HW and SW), but rather by levels of abstraction represented in the system, architecture, and detailed design processes. The above figure shows the RASSP methodology as a library-based process that transitions from architecture independence in the systems design process to architecture dependence in the architecture process.
Various levels of virtual prototypes are generated throughout the design process. The first is output from the systems process, where an executable specification is generated, the architecture process generates two more with increasing detail and verification. The final prototype is created before HW/SW sign-off and full system verification is done at the RTL and gate levels with application and test SW running on the prototype.
