Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST E-Colleg Project Advanced Infrastructure for Pan-European Collaborative Engineering Adam Pawlak, Piotr Penkala, Krystyna Siekierska, Nguyen Quang Trung Institute of Electron Technology & Silesian University of Technology

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST Main objective of E-Colleg project The E-Colleg project develops technology that will enable engineers located in remote sites to collaborate efficiently over the Internet

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST Partners Thales Optronique SA, France Siemens Business Services/C-Lab, Germany Infineon Technologies, Germany FTL Systems UK Limited, England Silesian University of Technology, Poland Institute of Electron Technology, Poland University of Paderborn, Germany

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST Basic Collaborative Infrastructure: ASTAI® one user multiple users one machine multiple machines one domain multiple domains one environment multiple environments local network internet simple workflow coupled workflow nested workflow Complex design environments usually consist of a large number of tools, often under responsibility of different people. ASTAI® helps to organise the team work, to keep track of design states and to exchange data and other information safely between partners and as automatic as possible

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST Advanced Collaborative Infrastructure Tool Registration and Management System Scalable Platform independent Open and dynamic tool integration XML CORBA

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST The Application Scenarios Development of realistic industrial applications  To validate the ASTAI®/TRMS infrastructure  To demonstrate feasibility of pan-European collaborative engineering AS1: Collaborative design of digital part of optical camera for medical application (Thales Optronique SA – ITE) AS2: Collaborative design of testbench for telecommunication application (Infineon Technologies – SUT) AS3: Collaborative design of microprocessors (ITE– SUT)

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST ASTAI®/TRMS Security Remote access Workflow management data base Common Specification Image processing algorithms HW/SW Codesign TOSA 1 SW part 2 3 System validation 4 AS1: Thales Optronique SA - ITE Digital Part of Optical Camera TOSA HW part ITE Dynamic tool registration

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST AS2: Infineon – SUT Distributed Testbench

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST AS3: Distributed microprocessor design process Site : SUT - Gliwice Platform : Windows 2000 Site : ITE1 - Platform : Solaris VHDL coding Functional verification Implementation Verification Hardware testing VHDL code Assembly Language Definition Placement & Routing Backannotation Instruction set Netlist Simulation netlist Test pattern Synthesis Site : ITE2 - Platform : Windows 2000 Bitstream Component Configuring Synthesis Script Generation Configuration Synthesis script Binary Test File Creation Binary test file

Information Society Technologies in the 6 th Framework Programme, Warsaw, Nov , 2002 E-Colleg project IST z The trend towards more co-operative model of engineering that encourages outsourcing of jobs and tasks around the globe. Companies no longer consider distance as a barrier for co-operation or establishing new start-ups z IP-based system design offers better model for engineering collaboration Conclusions Global perspective Central Europe IP Provider perspective  Outsourcing by large companies - a major chance for CE SMEs  Adoption of new e-business models and standards are key to success in development and delivery of IPs  Requirements: access to high bandwidth networks (at affordable cost) and advanced collaborative infrastructures