Heterogeneous systems-on-chip (SoCs) are highly favorable computing platforms due to their superior performance and energy efficiency potential compared to homogeneous architectures. They can be further tailored to a specific domain of applications by incorporating processing elements (PEs) that accelerate frequently used kernels in these applications. However, this potential is contingent upon optimizing the SoC for the target domain and utilizing its resources effectively at runtime. To this end, system-level design - including scheduling, power-thermal management algorithms and design space exploration studies - plays a crucial role. This article presents a system-level domain-specific SoC simulation (DS3) framework to address this need. DS3 enables both design space exploration and dynamic resource management for power-performance optimization of domain applications. We showcase DS3 using six real-world applications from wireless communications and radar processing domain. DS3, as well as the reference applications, is shared as open-source software to stimulate research in this area.

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DS3：系统级领域特定的片上系统仿真框架

异构片上系统 (SoC) 是非常有利的计算平台，因为与同类架构相比，它们具有卓越的性能和能效潜力。通过结合加速这些应用程序中常用内核的处理元素 (PE)，它们可以进一步针对特定的应用程序领域进行定制。然而，这种潜力取决于优化目标域的 SoC 并在运行时有效利用其资源。为此，系统级设计——包括调度、功率热管理算法和设计空间探索研究——起着至关重要的作用。本文介绍了一个系统级特定领域 SoC 仿真 (DS3) 框架来满足这一需求。DS3 支持设计空间探索和动态资源管理，以优化域应用的功耗性能。我们使用来自无线通信和雷达处理领域的六个实际应用来展示 DS3。DS3 以及参考应用程序作为开源软件共享，以促进该领域的研究。