<s>
MULTICUBE	B-Application
(	O
"	O
Multi-objective	O
Design	O
Space	O
Exploration	O
of	O
MultiProcessor-SoC	O
Architectures	O
for	O
Embedded	O
Multimedia	O
Applications	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Seventh	O
Framework	O
Programme	O
(	O
FP7	O
)	O
project	O
aimed	O
to	O
define	O
innovative	O
methods	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
optimization	O
of	O
computer	O
architectures	O
for	O
the	O
embedded	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
are	O
specialized	O
computing	O
systems	O
for	O
wide	O
domain	O
of	O
applications	O
ranging	O
from	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
wearable	B-Operating_System
electronics	I-Operating_System
for	O
military	O
applications	O
to	O
control	O
systems	O
for	O
automobile	O
,	O
factories	O
and	O
home	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
improvements	O
in	O
Very	O
Large	O
Scale	O
Integrations	O
technology	O
(	O
VLSI	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
the	O
high	O
computational	O
power	O
provided	O
by	O
System-on-a-Chip	B-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
has	O
enabled	O
development	O
of	O
highly	O
sophisticated	O
embedded	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
architectures	O
are	O
often	O
designed	O
in	O
a	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
paradigm	O
,	O
where	O
more	O
processors	O
are	O
integrated	O
onto	O
the	O
same	O
chip/die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
type	O
of	O
computer	O
architecture	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Chip-MultiProcessors	O
(	O
CMP	O
)	O
,	O
MultiProcessor-SoC	O
(	O
MPSoC	O
)	O
or	O
,	O
Network	B-Architecture
On	I-Architecture
Chip	I-Architecture
(	O
NoC	B-Architecture
)	O
where	O
different	O
processors	O
communicate	O
via	O
a	O
network	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designing	O
complex	O
systems	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
many	O
platform	O
parameters	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
tuned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
aim	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
design	O
time	O
of	O
future	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
MULTICUBE	B-Application
project	O
faces	O
the	O
problems	O
related	O
to	O
multiobjective	O
DSE	O
of	O
MPSoC	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MULTICUBE	B-Application
project	O
defines	O
an	O
automatic	O
framework	O
for	O
DSE	O
providing	O
advanced	O
methodologies	O
for	O
heuristic	O
optimization	O
and	O
techniques	O
for	O
analyzing	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
platform	O
parameters	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
restrict	O
the	O
search	O
space	O
to	O
the	O
crucial	O
ones	O
enabling	O
an	O
efficient	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
have	O
a	O
trade-off	O
between	O
exploration	O
speed	O
and	O
solution	O
accuracy	O
,	O
the	O
MULTICUBE	B-Application
project	O
proposes	O
a	O
multilevel	O
modeling	O
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
activities	O
,	O
the	O
MULTICUBE	B-Application
project	O
develops	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
tools	O
for	O
MPSoC	O
modeling	O
and	O
optimization	O
providing	O
to	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
engineering	O
communities	O
the	O
above-mentioned	O
methodologies	O
.	O
</s>
