SOC Elementary question

From: Praveen (pk4_at_cec.wustl.edu)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: 13 Jul 2004 09:04:01 -0700

Can someone point me to work that has been done in the area of
integrating hardware and software (using standard ISA) on a single
chip.

The hardware is not exactly a co-processor, so I am think what are the
ways they can communicate?

Thanks