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= The concept =

`Generic Architecture` means we will define some SoC hardware architecture with few variable parameters.
The main goal is to change number of Cpus or memory banks, but not main architecture like interconnect choice.

= Implementation =

An architecture is defined in a python class inherited from `GenericArchitecture` (defined in `dsx`).
Method `architecture` will create contents of the SoC: components creation, connections, utilities (like MappingTable).

You'll have to tell the architecture framework where is the lowest-level component, most probably the base interconnect. This must be archieved by calling `self.setBase(component)`.

= Parameters =

Anywhere in `architecture` method, you may call `self.getParam(name)` to get an architecture instance parameter.
 * name is the parameter name
 * default value is optionnal
   * user-specified value overrides default value
   * if default value is not given when calling `getParam`, user-specified argument becomes mandatory.
 * default value must be specified in class-global dictionnary 'defaults'

= Other specific architecture definitions =

You may also use SoclibGenericArchitecture, a specialization of GenericArchitecture for VCI-based platforms.

In your design, there may be some [MacroComponent MacroComponent]s you would like to define on their own.