Software/hardware partitioning program and method

1. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a software/hardware partitioning evaluating program used to direct a computer to partition a source code into a software unit and a hardware unit to realize an application for a system-on chip (SoC), wherein the evaluating program enables the computer to execute:

compiling a source code corresponding to the application, in which a mark is added to the source code to indicate a start point and an endpoint of a hardware unit, the hardware unit representing source code to be executed by hardware, and generating a model of the hardware unit as a process portion to be realized by hardware, and an executable program for a simulator of a central processing unit used to realize the application

processing, using the simulator, the executable program using an execution process that executes the hardware unit through an object function call to the model of the hardware unit and an execution process that executes a software unit without the object function call, the software unit representing the source code excluding the hardware unit;

storing in memory an execution result of the executable program using the simulator including a result obtained by execution performed by calling a model of the hardware unit; and

evaluating, based on the execution result stored in the memory, a partition between the software unit and the hardware unit corresponding to the mark added to the hardware unit, wherein the execution result includes at least a processing time of the hardware unit and at least a processing time of the software unit.

2. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the simulator performs all processes corresponding to the source code of the application including a process corresponding to the model of the hardware unit in addition to a process corresponding to the software unit.

3. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the computer further performs a procedure of generating an address specification file storing an address of the object function during the compilation.

4. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 3 , wherein

the address stored in the address specification file is automatically set during the compilation.

5. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 3 , wherein

the address stored in the address specification file is set corresponding to a user specification when the mark is added to the hardware unit.

6. A software/hardware partitioning evaluating method for partitioning a source code into a software unit and a hardware unit to realize an application for a system-on chip (SoC), the method comprising:

compiling a source code corresponding to the application, in which a mark is added to the source code to indicate a start point and an endpoint of a hardware unit, the hardware unit representing source code to be executed by hardware, and generating a model of a hardware unit as a process portion to be realized by hardware, and an executable program for a simulator of a central processing unit used to realize the application

processing, using the simulator, the executable program using an execution process that executes the hardware unit through an object function call to the model of the hardware unit and an execution process that executes a software unit without the object function call, the software unit representing the source code excluding the hardware unit;

storing in memory an execution result of the executable program using the simulator; and

evaluating, based on the execution result stored in the memory, a partition between the software unit and the hardware unit corresponding to the mark added to the hardware unit, wherein the execution result includes at least a processing time of the hardware unit and at least a processing time of the software unit.