Middleware for realtime multicomputer tool development

Author

Isenstein, Barry ; Krueger, Michael ; Pool, Arlan

Author_Institution

Mercury Comput. Syst. Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

7-10 May 1996

Firstpage

1264

Abstract

Developing software applications for scalable, heterogeneous platforms is a highly specialized, time consuming task. This paper discusses a new development in “middleware” that provides an interface for developers and is an intermediary for innovative application development tools. A component software approach insulates both the application developer and tool developer from platform issues while facilitating high-performance execution of applications. Central to the development is a new open application framework that uses an application configuration language based on the well-known Tool Command Language (Tcl), written by John Ousterhout. Adoption of the framework by advanced tools potentially offers a dramatic programming productivity gain over existing practices

Keywords

application generators; authoring languages; human resource management; multiprocessing systems; real-time systems; software performance evaluation; software reusability; software tools; Tcl; Tool Command Language; application configuration language; component software approach; high-performance execution; innovative application development tools; interface; middleware; open application framework; programming productivity gain; real time multicomputer tool development; scalable heterogeneous platforms; software applications; time consuming task; Analog integrated circuits; Application software; Command languages; Computational modeling; Computer aided engineering; Digital signal processing; Hardware; Insulation; Middleware; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1996. ICASSP-96. Conference Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3192-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.1996.543597

Filename

543597