Rapid prototyping with HW/SW codesign tool

Author

Araki, Dai ; Ishii, Tadatoshi ; Gajski, Daniel D.

Author_Institution

Res. & Dev. Center, Toshiba Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

7-12 Mar 1999

Firstpage

114

Lastpage

121

Abstract

The paper describes a visual design authoring tool named VisualSpec. VisualSpec realizes a homogeneous hardware/software codesign process which means to perform both functional specification design and architectural specification design of HW/SW parts in a single tool and a common design specification language. The design specification captured with VisualSpec is always executable so that the designer can develop a virtual prototype system and simulation model for verifying functional requirements, performance and cost. VisualSpec combines top-down and bottom-up design approaches and facilitates reuse of cores and other IP components

Keywords

authoring systems; formal specification; hardware-software codesign; software prototyping; specification languages; visual programming; HW/SW codesign tool; IP components; VisualSpec; architectural specification design; bottom-up design approaches; common design specification language; functional requirements verification; functional specification design; homogeneous hardware/software codesign process; rapid prototyping; reuse; simulation model; virtual prototype system; visual design authoring tool; Computer science; Cost function; Hardware; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Process design; Prototypes; Research and development; Specification languages; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 1999. Proceedings. ECBS '99. IEEE Conference and Workshop on

Conference_Location

Nashville, TN

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0028-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECBS.1999.755869

Filename

755869