DISCOE: DIstributed Simulatiion COllaborative Environment

Clifton Labs, Inc. proposes to develop a web-based hardvare/softvare co-design, distributed library, and distributed co-simulation environment, called DISCOE. The environment will use the SUAVE extensions to VHDL for design capture (specification) of hardvare/softvare systems. The SUAVE extensions seamlessly integrate with the current VHDL language standard and are necessary for effective software specification in a VHDL-based co-design/co-analysis environment. The DISCOE design environment will be web-based and will support distributed libraries and distributed co-simulation for distributed component development and intellectual property protection. DISCOE is the enabling technology needed to support distributed collaborative engineering and analysis of avionic hardvare/software systems and components. It enables the maintenance and use of online, distributed parts libraries to support competitive access to reusable parts and efficient component search capabilities to reduce the impact of electronic parts obsolescence. The Phase I objectives are to (1) establish the technical and commercialization feasibility of DISCOE, (2) produce preliminary design concepts and prototypes for the distributed design environment, and (3) evaluate OMI, VSI, AIRE, or alternative solutions in constructing the distributed, intellectual property preserving, component libraries.