In the latest years, the usage of UML to describe complete systems, including SoCs [1], has been increased. In trend with this line, this work proposes a methodology, based on UML, for SoCs designing ...

Soon you’ll be able to take advantage of elaborated interfaces and ports, interaction fragments and operators, plus better modeling of behavior over time. DESIGN VIEW is the summary of the complete ...

The factory pattern can help solve your application issues. For example, developers often must reply to users based on each user’s machine, creating multiple hardware issues. The factory pattern can ...

A trustworthy, reusable component will clearly advertise the set of services it provides in its interface. More information can be gained about how to use a service by examining an operation's ...

This column shows how to develop a fully refined use-case model. I hope some of the ideas about traceability and packaging are picked up by tool vendors (e.g., Rational, CA). The main concepts of this ...

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has already received considerable acceptance in the domain of telecommunication and automotive systems, and now we see emerging activities in the field of SoC ...