Using Classes and Actor-based Modeling to Integrate Distributed

Technology Teams

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Authors

Deepak Shankar Darryl Koivisto

• Mirabilis Design Inc

• 408-844-3234

• Website: http://www.mirabilisdesign.com

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Challenges – Communication & IP Re-Use

Internet reduced IP distribution cost, But … Design teams and storage are distributed

May 15, 1999

MPEG

WCDMA

RTOS

CPUBUS

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

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Libraries

Methodology

Statistics

Mixed-Abstraction

Simulator performanceenhanced

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Example Statistics:4-Thread Application

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4-Core Processor750 Mhz

1-Core Processor3 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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Questions?

Idea

Discussion

Need to design a new phone-Must play MP3 files-Java games so, accelerator-Need a uP, DSP and FPGA

Customer Requirements

- Build- Optimize- Validate

ArchitectureComponent/Device SelectionFunctional PartitioningParameters/AttributesInterfaces and Pin DefinitionsFrame/Packet Fields

Performance analysis Resource sharing Task partitioningRequirements checking

Performance analysis Resource sharing Task partitioningRequirements checking

- Specification