System Level Design with .Net Technology

✍ Scribed by El Mostapha Aboulhamid, Frederic Rousseau

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 318
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first book to harness the power of .NET for system design, System Level Design with .NET Technology constitutes a software-based approach to design modeling verification and simulation. World class developers, who have been at the forefront of system design for decades, explain how to tap into the power of this dynamic programming environment for more effective and efficient management of metadata—and introspection and interoperability between tools. Using readily available technology, the text details how to capture constraints and requirements at high levels and describes how to percolate them during the refinement process. Departing from proprietary environments built around System Verilog and VHDL, this cutting-edge reference includes an open source environment (ESys.NET) that readers can use to experiment with new ideas, algorithms, and design methods; and to expand the capabilities of their current tools. It also covers: Modeling and simulation—including requirements specification, IP reuse, and applications of design patterns to hardware/software systems Simulation and validation—including transaction-based models, accurate simulation at cycle and transaction levels, cosimulation and acceleration technique, as well as timing specification and validation Practical use of the ESys.NET environment Worked examples, end of chapter references, and the ESys.NET implementation test bed make this the ideal resource for system engineers and students looking to maximize their embedded system designs.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
About the Editors......Page 14
Contributor Biographies......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 20
Part I: Modeling and Specification......Page 46
2 High-Level Requirements Engineering for Electronic System-Level Design......Page 48
3 The Semantic Web Applied to IP-Based Design: A Discussion on IP-XACT......Page 74
4 Translating Design Pattern Concepts to Hardware Concepts......Page 108
Part II: Simulation and Validation......Page 134
5 Using Transaction-Based Models for System Design and Simulation......Page 136
6 Simulation at Cycle Accurate and Transaction Accurate Levels......Page 174
7 An Introduction to Cosimulation and Compilation Methods......Page 196
8 Timing Specification in Transaction Level Models......Page 222
Part III: Practical Use of ESys.NET......Page 258
9 ESys.NET Environment......Page 260
References......Page 300
Index......Page 316