Title :
Rapid prototyping with HW/SW codesign tool
Author :
Araki, Dai ; Ishii, Tadatoshi ; Gajski, Daniel D.
Author_Institution :
Res. & Dev. Center, Toshiba Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.1999.755869
