Method and algorithm analyzer for determining a design framework

An algorithm analyzer for determining a design framework, comprising:

• an intrinsic analysis module for performing intrinsic complexity analysis with respect to an algorithm for a predetermined application to obtain a set of parameters representing intrinsic characteristics of the algorithm;
• a design framework establishing module coupled to said intrinsic analysis module, said design framework establishing module establishing a plurality of candidate design frameworks based on the set of parameters obtained by said intrinsic analysis module, each of the candidate design frameworks including a set of design constraints corresponding to the algorithm, the set of design constraints being used when designing a hardware and/or software configuration for implementing the predetermined application;
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• a suitability analyzing module coupled to said design framework establishing module, said suitability analyzing module analyzing the suitability of the set of design constraints of each of the candidate design frameworks established by said design framework establishing module based on given specification restrictions of the predetermined application so as to determine which ones of the candidate design frameworks are suited for implementing the predetermined application.