Title :
Multi-methodology design: an experimental comparison
Author :
Prasad, Raghavendra ; Kobayashi, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents a multi-methodology design process model incorporating multiple design approaches. Design productivity is quantified by measuring effort (time) required for various activities in HDL-based design. An experimental comparison is carried out to measure time required for various activities involved in textual HDL-based design and multi-methodology design. We also discuss factors influencing design productivity in multi-methodology design and merits of using multiple design approaches for integrated system design. It is shown that use of multi-methodology design, with or without design reuse, contributes towards enhanced design productivity achieving time-to-marker savings
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; engineering graphics; hardware description languages; human resource management; logic CAD; HDL-based design; design productivity; design reuse; integrated system design; multi-methodology design process model; multiple design approaches; required effort; required time; textual HDL-based design; time-to-marker savings; Design methodology; Design optimization; Electronic mail; Hardware design languages; Libraries; Process design; Productivity; Testing; Time measurement; Time to market;
Conference_Titel :
Verilog HDL Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7431-8
DOI :
10.1109/IVC.1996.496017
