Title :
Computer architectures: a case for top-down design
Author :
Töpfer, H.J. ; Ungerer, T. ; Zehendner, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Augsburg Univ., West Germany
Abstract :
It is shown how top-down design, decomposition, abstraction, rapid prototyping and other methods from software engineering can be adapted to computer architecture design. A sample architecture design process is used to demonstrate the use of the methods. The case study deals with the upper architecture levels
Keywords :
computer architecture; abstraction; architecture design process; computer architecture design; decomposition; rapid prototyping; top-down design; upper architecture levels; Computer aided software engineering; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Hardware; Logic programming; Mathematics; Parallel processing; Process design; Software engineering; Software prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems in the 1990s, 1988. Proceedings., Workshop on the Future Trends of
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0897-8
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1988.26727
