Transaction level modeling flows and use models

Transaction-level models (TLMs) address the problems of designing increasingly complex systems by raising the level of design abstraction above RTL. However, TLM terminology is presently a subject of contentious debate and a coherent set of TLM use-models have not been proposed. In this paper we pro...

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Published inCODES+ISSS 2004 : International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis : September 8-10, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden pp. 75 - 80
Main Author Donlin, Adam
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY, USA ACM 08.09.2004
IEEE
SeriesACM Conferences
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Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Model development and analysis > Modeling methodologies
Costs
Data structures
Design methodology
Logic design
Market opportunities
Partitioning algorithms
Permission
Standardization
Terminology
Timing
design abstractions
design flows
use models
TLM
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Summary:Transaction-level models (TLMs) address the problems of designing increasingly complex systems by raising the level of design abstraction above RTL. However, TLM terminology is presently a subject of contentious debate and a coherent set of TLM use-models have not been proposed. In this paper we propose a variety of TLM use-models that reveal paths through the TLM abstraction levels for various types of system. We begin by stating the abstraction levels that comprise 'transaction-level' and identify roles and responsibilities that apply within the use-models. We then take each use-model and discuss the type of system it applies to, the TLM abstraction levels it supports, and the design activites applied at those levels. We also consider the distribution of modeling effort between the various design rôles and apply that to descriptions of various use-model design flows.
ISBN:1581139373
9781581139372
DOI:10.1145/1016720.1016742