1. Using Classes and Actor-based Modeling to Integrate Distributed Technology Teams
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Authors
Deepak Shankar
Darryl Koivisto
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3. Challenges – Communication & IP Re-Use
Internet reduced IP distribution cost, But …
Design teams and storage are distributed
MPEG
WCDMA
RTOS
CPU
BUS
Integrate!
Is it possible...?
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Technology Applied
Ptolemy
Class Definition
Case Block
Web Applet
VisualSim
Modeling libraries
Co-simulation Framework
Database w/ search
Tutorials
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VisualSim
Simulator performance
enhanced
Libraries
Mixed-Abstraction
Statistics
Methodology
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6. Example Statistics: 4-Thread Application
4-Core Processor
750 Mhz
1-Core Processor
3 Ghz
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How does it work?
Construct models and save an XML file
Centralized or distributed CLASSPATH
Maintain multiple variations of the model
User selects the version or language
Model update is instantly available to all users
Users can enhance other’s IP
Web Applets are training foundation
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Going Forward
Challenges
Adoption of system modeling is still very slow in the design world
Limited education for systems engineering
Future Development
Can we encrypt the XML files
Generate a compiled version of the XML?
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9. Customer Requirements
Questions?
Need to design a new phone
-Must play MP3 files
-Java games so, accelerator
-Need a uP, DSP and FPGA
Discussion
Customer Requirements
Idea
Performance analysis
Resource sharing
Task partitioning
Requirements checking
Build
Optimize
- Validate
Property checking with VisualSim?
Architecture
Component/Device Selection
Functional Partitioning
Parameters/Attributes
Interfaces and Pin Definitions
Frame/Packet Fields
- Specification
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