Title :
A common space processing development environment
Author :
Anderson, Norman ; Harold, Ron ; Bains, Surj ; Borky, J. Mike
Author_Institution :
Maxwell Fed. Div., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The next generation of space computers based on multi-processor design concepts are under development by the Air Force Phillips Laboratory´s Space Mission Technologies Division. Improvements in the way development tools are used to create these systems will play a key role in bringing them to reality. Development tools were investigated during the recently completed Improved Space Computer Program (ISCP) study. The results indicate that an open and commercially supported bi-directional (top-down and bottom-up) development environment, while not currently available, is possible. Such an environment could accommodate the latest developments in hardware/software co-development within an integrated systems engineering process. This environment would support requirements breakdown and tracking while allowing system simulation with mixed resolution models
Keywords :
aerospace computing; development systems; high level synthesis; multiprocessing systems; space vehicle electronics; special purpose computers; Air Force Phillips Laboratory; Improved Space Computer Program; bidirectional development environment; bottom-up environment; development tools; hardware/software co-development; integrated systems engineering; mixed resolution models; multi-processor design concepts; space computers; space processing; system simulation; top-down environment; Biographies; Computer aided engineering; Electric breakdown; Laboratories; Military computing; Modeling; Multiprocessing systems; Space missions; Space technology; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Snowmass at Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4311-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1998.687928
