HIGH LEVEL SIMULATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED HERE IS THE DEFINITION AND DESIGN OF A SIMULATION MODELING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF 1) REPRESENTING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS OVER A RANGE OF RESOLUTION FROM CHIPS TO DEVICES AND 2) INTEGRATING VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION OF BOTH FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE. THE DESIGN OF THIS MODELING SYSTEM WILL BE FOUNDED UPON PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN SIMULATION MODELING AT THE SOFTWARE AND DEVICE LEVELS. THESE PRINCIPLES ARE: 1. QUEUE/SERVER REPRESENTATION OF COMPONENTS AT ALL LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION. 2. A GRAPHICAL DESIGN LANGUAGE FOR SYSTEM MODELS. 3. A DECLARATIVE NON-PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE FOR MODEL DEFINITION AND EVALUATION. 4. HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURING THAT ALLOWS A MODEL TO REPRESENT COMPONENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESOLUTION. 5. INTEGRATION OF THE MODELING SYSTEM WITH A DATA BASE OF COMPONENT DEFINITIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS.