Design of a DBMS for VHDL-based CAD environments

Author

Venkatesan, Satish ; Davis, Karen C.

Author_Institution

Database Syst. Lab., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

29 Aug-1 Sep 1995

Firstpage

539

Lastpage

544

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the database support needs of an engineering domain, and propose a conceptual model and database architecture to support electrical CAD applications. This paper emphasizes data representation for designs specified using a standard description language, VHDL. The research offers three basic contributions: (1) a VHDL data model is designed within the framework of a meta-model for electrical CAD modeling, (2) a database system architecture implementing the data model is developed, and (3) a CAD software environment for hardware/software codesign that can benefit from the proposed database technology is described. The data model and database architecture are the foundation for query processing and other database activities

Keywords

CAD; database management systems; electronic engineering computing; hardware description languages; DBMS; VHDL data model; VHDL-based CAD environments; data model; electrical CAD; hardware/software codesign; query processing; Data engineering; Data models; Database systems; Design automation; Design engineering; Electronic design automation and methodology; Hardware design languages; Laboratories; Query processing; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference, 1995. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC '95/CHDL '95/VLSI '95., IFIP International Conference on Hardware Description Languages. IFIP International Conference on Very Large Scal

Conference_Location

Chiba

Print_ISBN

4-930813-67-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASPDAC.1995.486367

Filename

486367