An XML format based integration infrastructure for IP based design

Author

Visarius, Markus ; Lessmann, Johannes ; Hardt, Wolfram ; Kelso, Frank ; Thronicke, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Paderborn, Germany

fYear

2003

fDate

8-11 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

124

Abstract

IP based design comprises two main steps. First, a suitable IP has to be found. Second, the IP has to undergo further processing before it can be included in existing designs. Since IP providers use different formats and design tools require different parts of the IP for their services it is hard to find an IP format that satisfies and is exchangeable between all parties. This paper presents such a unified format. It can be used to search for, deliver and exchange IPs between the designer and external IP service providers. A tool chain based on the format was implemented and evaluated. The results prove its applicability.

Keywords

XML; design aids; electronic data interchange; industrial property; integrated circuit design; specification languages; IP based design integration infrastructure; IP characterization; IP re-use; IP service providers; IP specification format; XML format; design support tools; exchangeable IP format; Assembly systems; Catalogs; Computer science; Databases; Design methodology; Embedded system; Mechanical engineering; Process design; Standards publication; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Circuits and Systems Design, 2003. SBCCI 2003. Proceedings. 16th Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2009-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBCCI.2003.1232816

Filename

1232816