Multi-methodology design: an experimental comparison

Author

Prasad, Raghavendra ; Kobayashi, Hideaki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

26-28 Feb 1996

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

49

Abstract

The paper presents a multi-methodology design process model incorporating multiple design approaches. Design productivity is quantified by measuring effort (time) required for various activities in HDL-based design. An experimental comparison is carried out to measure time required for various activities involved in textual HDL-based design and multi-methodology design. We also discuss factors influencing design productivity in multi-methodology design and merits of using multiple design approaches for integrated system design. It is shown that use of multi-methodology design, with or without design reuse, contributes towards enhanced design productivity achieving time-to-marker savings

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; engineering graphics; hardware description languages; human resource management; logic CAD; HDL-based design; design productivity; design reuse; integrated system design; multi-methodology design process model; multiple design approaches; required effort; required time; textual HDL-based design; time-to-marker savings; Design methodology; Design optimization; Electronic mail; Hardware design languages; Libraries; Process design; Productivity; Testing; Time measurement; Time to market;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Verilog HDL Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

ISSN

1085-9403

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7431-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVC.1996.496017

Filename

496017