TY - BOOK
T1 - A Model-Driven Framework for Hardware-Software Co-design of Dataflow Applications (extended version)
AU - Ahmad, Waheed
AU - Yildiz, Bugra M.
AU - Rensink, Arend
AU - Stoelinga, Mariëlle
N1 - Technical Report accompanying CyPhy 2016 paper.
PY - 2016/9
Y1 - 2016/9
N2 - Hardware-software (HW-SW) co-design allows to meet system-level objectives by exploiting the synergy of hardware and software. Current tools and approaches for HW-SW co-design face difficulties coping with the increasing complexity of modern-day application due to, e.g., concurrency and energy constraints. Therefore, an automated modeling approach is needed which satisfies modularity, extensibility, and interoperability requirements. Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is a prominent paradigm that, by treating models and model transformations as first-class citizens, helps to fulfill these requirements. This paper presents a state-of-the-art MDE-based framework for HW-SW co-design of dataflow applications, based on synchronous dataflow (SDF) graph formalism. In the framework, we introduce a reusable set of three coherent metamodels for creating HW-SW co-design models concerning SDF graphs, hardware platforms and allocation of SDF tasks to hardware. The framework also contains model transformations that cast these models into priced timed-automata models, the input language of the well-known model checker UPPAAL Cora. We demonstrate how our framework satisfies the requirements of modularity, extensibility, and interoperability in an industrial case study.
AB - Hardware-software (HW-SW) co-design allows to meet system-level objectives by exploiting the synergy of hardware and software. Current tools and approaches for HW-SW co-design face difficulties coping with the increasing complexity of modern-day application due to, e.g., concurrency and energy constraints. Therefore, an automated modeling approach is needed which satisfies modularity, extensibility, and interoperability requirements. Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is a prominent paradigm that, by treating models and model transformations as first-class citizens, helps to fulfill these requirements. This paper presents a state-of-the-art MDE-based framework for HW-SW co-design of dataflow applications, based on synchronous dataflow (SDF) graph formalism. In the framework, we introduce a reusable set of three coherent metamodels for creating HW-SW co-design models concerning SDF graphs, hardware platforms and allocation of SDF tasks to hardware. The framework also contains model transformations that cast these models into priced timed-automata models, the input language of the well-known model checker UPPAAL Cora. We demonstrate how our framework satisfies the requirements of modularity, extensibility, and interoperability in an industrial case study.
KW - Meta-modeling
KW - Model transformation
KW - Model driven engineering
KW - Hardware-software co-design
KW - EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/318490
KW - EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/2007-2013
M3 - Report
T3 - CTIT Technical Report Series
BT - A Model-Driven Framework for Hardware-Software Co-design of Dataflow Applications (extended version)
PB - Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)
CY - Enschede
ER -