UML-Based Co-Design for Run-Time Reconfigurable Architectures. // Grimm, Ch.: Languages for System Specification

tu-freiberg.de In this paper we present an object-oriented approach and a development environment for the system-level design of run-time reconfigurable computer systems. We use the Unified Modeling Language for the specification, modeling, documentation, and visualization throughout all phases of development, from specification to synthesis. The proposed development approach is based on hardware-software co-design and Model Driven Architecture. In this way we address problems which are common not only to system-level development, like thorough and complete system representation, platform-independence, comprehensible and seamless transition from specification to implementation, and the description of the important development artifacts and activities. Throughout this paper we will focus on aspects and problems which are related to object-orientation, Uml, and Mda.