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| Original language | Undefined |
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| Pages (from-to) | 98-104 |
| Journal | SIGARCH Computer Architecture News |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1976 |
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Interface, a dispersed architecture. / Vissers, C.A.
In: SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1976, p. 98-104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic
TY - JOUR
T1 - Interface, a dispersed architecture
AU - Vissers, C.A.
N1 - Proceeding ISCA '76 Proceedings of the 3rd annual symposium on Computer architecture
PY - 1976
Y1 - 1976
N2 - Past and current specification techniques use timing diagrams and written text to describe the phenomenology of an interface. This paper treats an interface as the architecture of a number of processes, which are dispersed over the related system parts and the message path. This approach yields a precise definition of an interface. With this definition as starting point, the inherent structure of an interface is developed. A horizontal and vertical partitioning strategy, based on one functional entity per partition and described by a state description, is used to specify the structure. This method allows unambiguous specification, interpretation, and implementation, and allows a much easier judgement of the quality of an interface. The method has been applied to a number of widely used interfaces.
AB - Past and current specification techniques use timing diagrams and written text to describe the phenomenology of an interface. This paper treats an interface as the architecture of a number of processes, which are dispersed over the related system parts and the message path. This approach yields a precise definition of an interface. With this definition as starting point, the inherent structure of an interface is developed. A horizontal and vertical partitioning strategy, based on one functional entity per partition and described by a state description, is used to specify the structure. This method allows unambiguous specification, interpretation, and implementation, and allows a much easier judgement of the quality of an interface. The method has been applied to a number of widely used interfaces.
KW - IR-101679
U2 - 10.1145/633617.803557
DO - 10.1145/633617.803557
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 98
EP - 104
JO - SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
JF - SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
SN - 0163-5964
IS - 4
ER -