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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Karl Van Rompaey, Heist-ap-den-Berg, BE;
Diederik Verkest, Kapellen, BE;
Jan Vanhoof, Wijmaal, BE;
Bill Lin, Leuven, BE;
Ivo Bolsens, Schoten, BE;
Hugo De Man, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
A hardware and software co-design environment and design methodology based on a data-model that allows one to specify, simulate, and synthesize heterogeneous hardware and software architectures from a heterogeneous specification. The environment and methodology of the invention allow for the interactive synthesis of hardware and software interfaces. The environment defines primitive objects to represent a specification of an essentially digital system. The primitive objects are defined by describing the specification of the system in one or more processes, each process representing a functional aspect of the system. Further, each of the processes have ports which are connected to ports of other processes with a channel. The ports structure communication between the processes.