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UML in an Electronic System Level Design Methodology

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Authors
Basu A. S., Lajolo M., Prevostini M.
Type
Article in conference proceedings
Year
2004
Language
English
Abstract
The interest in System-On-Chip (SoC) design using the Unifed Modeling Language (UML) has been growing significantly during the last couple of years. In this paper we would like to present a methodology that aims to address embedded systems design issues at multiple levels of abstraction and to support a function/architecture codesign process. Our approach integrates UML with high-level synthesis and hardware/software co-verification techniques in order to provide an automated flow for SoC design starting from system-level specifications down to hardware/software partitioning and integration. UML has been selected because it is platform independent and helps team members to share very efficiently relevant information during the various design phases, while high-level synthesis helps to evaluate constraints that the embedded system must satisfy: e.g. performance, power and cost starting from behavioral specifications. The paper aims to give a contribution towards SoC Design automation from System-level specification to hardware/software partitioning.
Conference proceedings
UML-SOC''04
Month
June
Start page number
47
End page number
52
Meeting place
San Diego, California
Keywords
HW/SW co-design, methodology, system-on-chip (SoC), unified modeling language (UML)