Advances in Design and Specification Languages for SoCs: Selected Contributions from FDL'04

Analog and Mixed-Signal Systems.- Refinement of Mixed-Signal Systems: Between Heaven and Hell.- Mixed Nets, Conversion Models, and VHDL-AMS.- Monte Carlo Simulation Using VHDL-AMS.- Early Prediction of Conducted-Mode Emission of Complex Ic’s.- Practical Case Example of Inertial Mems Modeling with VHDL-AMS.- UML-Based System Specification and Design.- Metamodels and MDA Transformations for Embedded Systems.- Model Based Testing and Refinement in MDA Based Development.- Predictability in Real-Time System Development.- Timing Performances of Automatically Generated Code Using MDA Approaches.- UML-Executable Functional Models of Electronic Systems in the VIPERS Virtual Prototyping Methodology.- C/C++-Based System Design.- Designing for Dynamic Partially Reconfigurable FPGAS with Systemc and OSSS.- Heterogeneous System-Level Specification in Systemc.- xHDL: Extending VHDL to Improve Core Parameterization and Reuse.- Systemc Models for Realistic Simulations Involving Real-Time Operating System Services.- Systemc and OCAPI-XL Based System-Level Design for Reconfigurable Systems-on-Chip.- Invited Contributions.- Symbolic Model Checking and Simulation with Temporal Assertions.- Automotive System Design and Autosar.

Latest research results Covers all the field of languages and methods for system design Peer reviewed selection of best papers from the HDLCon and FDL conferences Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras