Advanced Methodology for Designing ReconfIgurable SoC and
Application-Targeted IP-entities in wireless Communications

ADRIATIC is a cooperative R&D project funded by the European Commission's "IST" initiative. It addresses several scientific, technological and business issues associated with advanced microelectronics systems design and development. ADRIATIC work specifically targets wireless applications, which is a field of increasing importance in the modern, highly connected world.

Almost by construction, the definition, design and development of modern integrated circuits (so-called "SoC"'s - Systems on Chip) is a complex and risky affair. The electronics industry today has great need for development tools (and the working methods they rely on) which address this quite specific complexity. ADRIATIC targets the development of an advanced high-level hardware/software co-design and co-verification methodology, along with tools for reconfigurable SoCs. This is supplemented with back-end design tools for the implementation of the reconfigurable logic blocks of the SoC device.

Partners in this project are Intracom, Alcatel Microelectronics (now STMicroelectronics Belgium), IMEC, VTT Electronics, NOKIA.