Modeling computer hardware using the Unified Modeling Language

Author

Jaragh, M. ; Saleh, K.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

19

Abstract

The design algorithm of computer hardware functional units constitutes a major step in the overall design of the system. It requires highly reliable modeling entities to illustrate the different intermediate stages to go from problem specification to the final system development. These stages constitute the behavioral as well as the functional aspect of the overall system. We illustrate the use of the Unified Modeling Language, UML, using a simple communication service and protocol. The different UML diagrams will be used to configure the system model. In particular, we start with the use case diagram and proceed to the final stage of the deployment stage A parallel to serial protocol converter is used to illustrate the method.

Keywords

diagrams; specification languages; telecommunication computing; UML diagrams; computer hardware functional unit modeling; parallel to serial protocol converter; problem specification; system development; use case diagram; Access protocols; Collaboration; Computer architecture; Hardware; Software performance; Software systems; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '02. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE Region 10 Conference on Computers, Communications, Control and Power Engineering

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7490-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2002.1180962

Filename

1180962