Co-design for an SoC embedded network controller

INTRODUCTION With the development of Ethernet systems and the growing capacity of modern silicon technology, embedded communication networks are playing an increasingly important role in embedded and safety critical systems. Advances in VLSI technology have also pushed integration to the point where it is now possible to design and implement a microprocessor and network controller on a single chip, known as System-on-Chip (SoC). In a network of embedded systems, each system can communi…