Using Classes and Actor-based Modeling to Integrate Distributed Technology Teams

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• 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

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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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Example Statistics4-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 others 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?
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

Architecture Component/Device Selection Functional
Partitioning Parameters/Attributes Interfaces
and Pin Definitions Frame/Packet Fields
- Specification