A framework for evaluating design tradeoffs in packet processing architectures
Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli · Proceedings - ACM IEEE Design Automation Conference · 2002
We present an analytical method to evaluate embedded network packet processor architectures, and to explore their design space. Our approach is in contrast to those based on simulation, which tend to be infeasible when the design space is very large. We illustrate the feasibility of our method using a detailed case study.