Automated design management using traces

Author

Casotto, Andrea ; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto

Author_Institution

California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

8

fYear

1993

fDate

8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1077

Lastpage

1095

Abstract

An automatic management system for CAD based on the idea that CAD tools can leave a trace of their execution is proposed. The trace, represented as a bipartite directed and acyclic graph in which the nodes represent either design data or tool invocations, is both a record of the design activity and a graph representing the dependencies among the design objects. The architecture of the proposed system is distributed. A server manages the trace, while a number of clients can concurrently interact with the trace through the server. The system is nonintrusive, because it does not affect the way designers interact with the tools. The design manager has been implemented in a system called VOV, which has been tested

Keywords

CAD; electronic engineering computing; CAD tools; VOV; acyclic graph; automatic management system; bipartite directed graph; design management; distributed architecture; electronic design; server; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Design automation; Documentation; Electronic components; Logic design; Productivity; Prototypes; Software tools; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.238602

Filename

238602